LIVE – Updated at 11:29Loaded: 100.00%PlayCurrent Time 0:28/Duration 1:22QualitySettingsSubtitlesFullscreenThe IndependentPutin visits Russian troops in Ukraine's Kherson and Luhansk regionsUnmute0View on WatchMore videosDailymotionFighting intensifies in Donetsk as Russia claims more territory in Bakhmut1:00News18Russia Ukraine War Update | Drone Footage Shows Explosions, Smoke Rising Over Bakhmut | News184:58News18Russia Ukraine War Updates | Ukraine Intensifies Training | English News | News18 Exclusive3:52Russia has said their Black Sea Fleet repelled a drone attack on the Crimean port of Sevastopol in the early hours of Monday.“According to the latest information: one surface drone was destroyed ... the second one exploded on its own,” Moscow-installed governor Mikhail Razvozhaev wrote on the Telegram messaging app. “Now the city is quiet.”No damage was reported, Mr Razvozhaev added.Sevastopol, along with the rest of the Crimean peninsula, was declared annexed by Russia in 2014 but is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine.Meanwhile, the son of Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, claimed he served with the Wagner mercenary group for six months in Ukraine.In an interview with pro-Kremlin daily Komsomolskaya Pravda, Nikolai Peskov said it was his “duty” and he “couldn’t sit to one side watching as friends and others went off there”.Key pointsBlack Sea Fleet repels drone attack on SevastopolPutin 'closing in on Bakhmut' from three sidesSon of Putin spokesman says he served with Wagner in UkraineZelensky vows to keep defending fortress cityChinese cooperation with Europe 'unlimited, as with Russia’
Black Sea Fleet repels drone attack on Sevastopol - Russian-backed governor07:43 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Russia‘s Black Sea Fleet repelled a drone attack on the Crimean port of Sevastopol in the early hours of Monday, the Moscow-installed governor of the city said through social media.
“According to the latest information: one surface drone was destroyed ... the second one exploded on its own,” governor Mikhail Razvozhaev wrote on the Telegram messaging app. “Now the city is quiet.”
No damage was reported, Razvozhaev added.
Passenger ferry transport had been suspended in the Black Sea port city, Russia‘s Interfax news agency reported, citing Sevastopol transport authorities. No reason was given, but the agency said traffic had been suspended in the past due to drone attacks or storms.
Sevastopol, along with the rest of the Crimean peninsula, was declared annexed by Russia in 2014 but is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine.
There was no immediate reaction from Ukraine. Kyiv almost never publicly claims responsibility for attacks inside Russia and on Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine.
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