At 01:30, the Gauleiter of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, mentioned that the army was repelling an assault by unmanned aerial automobiles utilizing small arms. Quickly the sunshine within the metropolis partially went out. Razvozhaev defined this by turning off a part of the gear on the Sevastopol substation – in line with him, particles from downed drones fell on it.
Already at 03:14, the Gauleiter wrote that the town was being attacked not solely by drones, but in addition by unmanned boats. As of 04:00, the assault continues to be ongoing.
In the meantime, explosions had been heard in Novorossiysk. Russian Telegram channels write that the port and oil depot could possibly be below assault. Native residents reported not less than 19 explosions, they don’t subside, writes Astra.
In one of many movies, a lady shouts that the Novorossiysk port, which is taken into account the biggest port in Russia, has been “blown up.” The community writes that it’s with out energy, and the ability has additionally gone out in a part of the town.
Later, the governor of the Krasnodar area, Veniamin Kondratyev, introduced an “unsuccessful Ukrainian assault.” Based on him, Russian air protection “suppressed” greater than 10 drones, and native fires occurred resulting from falling fragments. There have been no casualties.
The Russian undertaking VChK-OGPU studies that drones attacked the Novorossiysk gasoline oil terminal and the Transneft terminal.
Crimea additionally introduced a “profitable” repulse of the assault. Razvozhaev wrote at 04:17 that they destroyed dozens of UAVs and greater than 5 naval drones. No hurt performed.
For the third night time, objects on the peninsula have been below assault from drones. In the course of the day, it was reported that sea drones had been destroyed as they moved in direction of Crimea. And on the night time of Might 15, explosions had been heard within the space of the Belbek army airfield. The Russians reported taking pictures down 10 ATACMS missiles. It was reported that Russian MiG-31 and Su-27 plane might have been broken.
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2024-05-17 07:55:46