UKRAINE LIVE: RUSSIA SCRAMBLES DEFENCES AS EXPLOSIONS ERUPT IN CRIMEA AFTER 'DRONE ATTACK'
Russian forces are on high alert in occupied-Crimea after drone strikes allegedly hit the port city of Sevastopol on Wednesday morning. The Kremlin-backed administration suspended all sea passenger transport in the area after air defences were scrambled to counter multiple drones. Explosions were reported in the South Bay area, near to where Russia's Black Sea Fleet are docked, though local governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said "navy men opened gun fire" successfully against the incoming UAVs. CCTV footage from a nearby apartment showed the windows shaking as an explosion resounded nearby.
Governor Razvozhayev said: "Our fleet repelled a surface drone attack early this morning. So far, three drones have been destroyed.
"They attempted to penetrate the bay, but our Navy men opened gun fire against them. Also, air defences were activated.
No war ships were destroyed in the attack, he added, though "Some windows got broken from downed amphibious enemy drones. No one was injured."
The Russian RIA news agency also reported that several radio stations in the Crimean peninsula had been hacked as the area came under sustained attack.
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