Russia repels a barrage of Ukrainian marches, and Kyiv talks about "new tactics" for Moscow

 Russia announced today, Friday, that it had thwarted a Ukrainian attack with a barrage of marches, which mainly targeted Crimea, while the Ukrainian forces said that the Russian army is trying to adopt new "tactics" to bypass Ukrainian air defense systems.

Russian Ministry of Defense said that its forces destroyed 42 drones over Crimea in the early hours of this morning, bringing the total number of drones destroyed within 24 hours in all locations to 73.

The ministry added that the air defense forces destroyed 9 drones, while 33 others were destroyed by electronic jamming, as they were destroyed without reaching their targets.

It also talked about shooting down a drone in the Belgorod region bordering Ukraine. Reuters also quoted the governor of Kaluga Province as saying that Russian forces shot down a Ukrainian drone over the province.

The Russian military said early this morning that Ukraine had tried to attack civilian targets on Russian territory with a modified S-200 missile. The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the air defense systems destroyed the projectile over the Kaluga region, which borders Moscow.

The missile attack led to the temporary suspension of flights in all Moscow airports before the Russian Air Transport Agency announced the resumption of work normally, starting at eight o'clock in the morning.

The attacks on Crimea come hours after the Ukrainian army announced that its forces had carried out a naval landing operation on the peninsula, while Russian media quoted sources in Russian intelligence as saying that the landing operation was aborted by killing all the participating soldiers.

In the opposite camp, the Southern Command of the Ukrainian army announced that Odessa had been subjected to a failed attack attempt by Russian missiles, launched from the Sea of Azov for the first time since the start of the conflict. It said that this attack indicates that Russian forces are trying to adopt new "tactics" to bypass Ukrainian air defense systems.

The Ukrainian General Staff also announced the death and injury of several civilians and damage to civilian facilities and infrastructure. As a result of missile attacks on Ukrainian territory. The commission accused the Russian forces of bombing Ukrainian territory with seven missiles, dozens of air raids, and projectiles from rocket launchers. She said that the front lines witnessed 35 clashes.

Ukrainian aviation also carried out 17 raids on the positions of the Russian forces and bombed anti-aircraft missile systems. The General Staff confirmed that its forces continue to repel Russian attacks in the provinces of Kharkiv and Donetsk to the east, while Ukrainian forces continue their offensive in Zaporizhzhia province within the axes of Melitopol and Berdyansk.

In another matter, the Kremlin said - today, Friday - that Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to hold talks with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, soon.

Earlier in the day, the official RIA news agency reported that Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan would visit Russia, but gave no details.

Putin told Erdogan in a phone call on August 2 that Moscow is ready to return to the agreement to export grain through the Black Sea, once the West fulfills its obligations regarding Russian grain exports.

Russian exports of grain and fertilizer are not subject to Western sanctions against Moscow; Because of its military actions in Ukraine, but Russia says restrictions on payments, "logistics" and insurance impede shipments.