Ukraine launches ‘drone and missile strike’ in Crimea
While not confirmed by Kyiv, the assault could be one of many largest coordinated strikes to this point on Russian-held territory.
Russia’s defence ministry mentioned {that a} S-200 missile was shot down over the Kaluga area which borders Moscow.
In Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014, 9 drones have been destroyed by air defence forces whereas 33 have been suppressed electronically and crashed with out reaching their targets, it mentioned.
Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Moscow-installed governor of the port metropolis of Sevastopol in Crimea, mentioned on Telegram that a lot of drones have been destroyed over Sevastopol’s outskirts.
The assault comes after the dying of Wagner chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose plane crash landed killing nine others on Wednesday.
Following his dying, experiences from Ukraine’s national resistance centre said sources in Belarus, where some of Prigozhin’s fighters have been based, had seen mercenaries dismantling camps and forming convoys to leave the country.
“The convoys are likely heading towards the border with Russia,” the centre mentioned.
The report adopted the posting on-line of a threatening message by a masked man claiming to be a Wagner fighter.
“There’s a lot talk right now about what the Wagner Group will do,” he mentioned. “We can tell you one thing. We are getting started, get ready for us.”