Russian air defence systems destroyed all 38 drones that Ukraine launched at the Crimean Peninsula early on Sunday, Russia’s defence ministry said, after reports on Ukrainian and Russian social media of powerful explosions in the port of Feodosia.
The Russian defence ministry did not say whether there was any damage or casualties in its statement on the Telegram messaging app.
Road traffic near Feodosia was significantly restricted, Russian-installed officials in Crimea had said earlier. Traffic on the bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula to the Russian mainland was halted for couple hours before resuming at around 0140 GMT, Russian-installed officials in Crimea said on Telegram.
The Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in a move condemned by Kyiv’s allies in 2014, and the Black Sea that the peninsula borders have become a crucial theatre in the two-year war.
Ukraine’s increased air and sea drone attacks on Russian military targets there have damaged or destroyed ships and naval repair yards in the port of Sevastopol and struck other targets.
