Ukrainian attacks on Crimea and Russia bombed Odesa again

 On Monday morning, Ukraine launched a massive drone attack on Crimea, and the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it had repulsed a Ukrainian attack with drones on the capital, Moscow, and that two drones were intercepted and destroyed. It also announced an attack on a port facility in the Odesa region in southern Ukraine.

And the pro-Russian authorities in the peninsula announced the downing of 10 marches but said that the attack resulted in an ammunition depot being hit.

The pro-Moscow Crimean governor, Sergei Aksyonov, said that the air defense forces shot down 11 "enemy marches in the Crimean sky and neutralized them," noting that an ammunition depot was hit in the Ukrainian attack in the Djankoy region in northern Crimea.

Meanwhile, the Crimean authorities issued a decision to evacuate residents from villages near the scene of the attack, after announcing that a house had been damaged as a result of falling debris from one of the drones.

"A decision was made to evacuate residents within a 5-kilometer radius" around the accident site, Aksionov said, stressing that there were no casualties "according to preliminary information."

Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the air defense forces repelled a Ukrainian attack with drones on Moscow early Monday morning and that two drones were intercepted and destroyed.

And the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin, said - on the Telegram application - that drones collided with two non-residential buildings in Moscow at about four in the morning local time, without causing serious damage or injuries.

The ministry said - in a statement - that Kyiv tried to carry out what it called a "terrorist act" in Moscow by targeting several facilities there. It indicated that this attempt was thwarted using electronic warfare and that the accident did not result in any casualties.

Later, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced the neutralization of all Ukrainian marches that attacked the Russian capital today, adding that the military operation in Ukraine continues until its goals are achieved.

On the other hand, the Ukrainian Operations Command in the country's south announced on Monday that a Russian attack targeted a port facility in the Odesa region in southern Ukraine and destroyed a grain store.

The command explained that the attack by drones lasted about 4 hours, stressing that "a grain store was destroyed and tanks for other types of shipments were damaged," and it also announced that there were casualties as a result of the attack.

The Operations Command added that the Air Defense Forces destroyed 3 drones, stressing that Moscow continues to "terrorize Odessa."

In turn, Russian units calling themselves "Russian West Forces" announced that their artillery is continuing its operations against "sabotage units of the Ukrainian army" in the Kobyansk region of Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine.

These forces indicated that their attack helicopters carried out air strikes against the headquarters of the Ukrainian troops, destroying several "howitzers" and mortars, and the air defense system intercepted a Ukrainian reconnaissance plane and two "HIMARS" missiles, according to Russian data.

Source: Agencies