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Two drones trying to hit objects in Sevastopol were shot down by soldiers

March 22, 2023

Russian Federation Defense Ministry chief Sergei Shoigu said three drones that earlier in the morning attempted to attack objects in Sevastopol were destroyed by military personnel.

“Today from 4 a.m. to 5:56 a.m. an attempt was made to strike our Crimean facilities in Sevastopol with unmanned aerial vehicles. All three aircraft were destroyed,” he said. at a meeting of the board of directors of the military department.

Shoigu also noted that two of the three drones were destroyed by female servicemen: Senior Contract Service Marine Marina Faleeva and Chief Foreman Tseluiko Tatyana.

He instructed to present them for rewards and issue a cash prize for destroying enemy drones.

Earlier, Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev said that the Black Sea Fleet repelled the surface drone attack.

Military downed two drones trying to hit targets in Sevastopol

Russia Desk

Russia Desk

The Russia Desk leads The Eastern Herald's coverage of Russia, the war in Ukraine, NATO's eastern flank, and the post-Soviet space. The desk has reported continuously on the Russia-Ukraine conflict since its full-scale expansion in February 2022 and verifies through Kremlin statements, NATO briefings, and named primary sources, corroborating with Reuters, the BBC, and the Kyiv Independent.

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