Published September 04,2023
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Russia stated on Monday it had destroyed 4 Ukrainian army boats carrying troops within the Black Sea.
“Naval aviation aircraft of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed 4 ‘Willard Sea Force’ US-made high-speed military boats with landing groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” Russia’s defence ministry stated on Telegram.
The ministry stated the boats have been “traveling in the direction of Cape Tarkhankut on the Crimean coast”, with out offering additional particulars.
In an analogous assault on August 30, Russia stated its forces destroyed 4 Ukrainian army boats carrying as much as 50 troopers within the Black Sea.
Earlier on Monday morning, the ministry stated it had repelled a separate Ukrainian assault over the Black Sea.
“Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were destroyed in the air over the Black Sea near the Crimean Peninsula,” it wrote on Telegram.
Crimea was final attacked on Saturday, when Russia destroyed three Ukrainian naval drones that focused the bridge connecting the peninsula to the Russian mainland.
Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014, has been focused by Kyiv all through Moscow’s Ukraine offensive however has not too long ago come underneath extra intense, elevated assaults.
Kyiv has repeatedly stated it goals to take again Crimea.
On August 24, Ukraine stated it flew its flag on Crimea, in a symbolic win throughout a “special operation” to mark its second wartime Independence Day.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
