Russian Army Foils Ukrainian Drone Attacks On Crimea, Moscow (Videos)
On July 30, Ukraine launched two attacks with drones against the Crimean Peninsula and the Russian capital, Moscow, in an attempt to make up for the failure of its counteroffensive. However, both attacks were foiled.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement that 25 Ukrainian suicide drones attempted to attack Crimea in the early morning. 16 of the drones were intercepted by air defense systems and the remaining nine were suppressed by electronic warfare means.
“Tonight, the Kiev regime attempted to carry out a terrorist attack with 25 drones of airplane type on facilities on the territory of the Crimean peninsula. Sixteen Ukrainian drones were destroyed by air defense systems. Another nine Ukrainian drones were suppressed by electronic warfare and, having failed to reach the target, crashed into the waters of the Black Sea and Cape Tarkhankut,” the ministry said. According to it, there were no casualties or damage.
In a separate statement, the ministry said that three suicide drones launched by Kiev forces attempted to attack targets in Moscow.
According to the ministry, one of the drones was intercepted by air defense systems over the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region. The other two were suppressed by electronic warfare means and crashed into non-residential buildings close to Moscow city after losing control.
The two attack attempts come as Kiev forces continue to suffer heavy losses while attempting to advance in several directions.
In its daily brifying, the Russian MoD reported several failed Ukrainian attacks in the directions of South Donetsk, Krasny Liman and Donetsk.
The Russian Yug Group of Forces repelled seven attacks close to Kleshcheevka, Andreevka and Krasnogorovka in the Donetsk direction. The group also targeted several Ukrainian units near Druzhba, Berdychi, Kleshcheevka, Avdeevka, Krasnoye and Pobeda. Moreover, an ammunition depot of Ukraine’s 124th Territorial Defence Brigade located near Dzerzhinsk was destroyed by the group.
Ukrainian losses in this direction amounted to 190 troops, two armored fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, two American-made M777 towed as well as Msta-B and D-20 towed howitzers, according to the ministry.
In the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, the Russian Vostok Group of Forces repelled an attack by Kiev forces close to Uspenovka. The group also launched strikes against several gatherings of manpower and equipment near Zherebyanki, Novodanilovka, Veseloye and north of Rabotino.
In addition, the Vostok Group of Forces disrupted an operation by a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group close to Charivnoye.
Kiev forces 250 troops, a tank, three armored fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, as well as Msta-B and D-20 towed howitzers in this direction, the ministry said.
Meanwhile in the Krasny Liman direction, the Russian Tsentr Group of Forces repelled three attacks near Kovalyovka as well as in the Serebryansky forest area. The group also targeted gatherings of Kiev forces close to Torskoye, Serebryanka, Grigorovka, Chervonaya Dibrova, Nevskoye and west of Novovodyanoye.
The ministry said that 140 Ukrainian troops, two armored fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles and a D-30 towed howitzer were neutralized in this direction.
The situation in other directions, according to the statement of the Russian MoD:
In the Kupyansk direction, assault detachments of the Zapad Group of Forces continued offensive operations forward Novosyolovskoye (Lugansk People’s Republic) and advanced 300 meters into the depth of the enemy defense.
In addition, AFU units have been hit near Timkovka, Peschanoye, Olshana, and Novomlynsk (Kharkov region), and Stelmakhovka, Novosyolovskoye and Artyomovka (Lugansk People’s Republic).
1 ammunition depot of the AFU 125th Brigade of the Territorial Defense of Ukraine has been destroyed near Izbitskoye (Kharkov region).
The enemy losses were up to 80 Ukrainian servicemen, 4 motor vehicles, as well as 1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system and 1 D-30 howitzer.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy losses were up to 65 Ukrainian servicemen and 5 motor vehicles.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralized 102 AFU artillery units at their firing positions, manpower and hardware in 108 areas.
In addition, a retraining center and a storage, maintenance and repair point of AFU drones have been destroyed near Mogilyovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).
1 command post of the 100th Territorial Defence Brigade has been hit close to Yampol (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Fighter Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces has shot down 1 Mi-8 helicopter of Ukrainian Air Force near Vozdvizhenka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Air defense units have shot down 44 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles close to Tavolzhanka (Kharkov region), Zaliman, Rubezhnoye, Kremennaya, Raigorodka (Lugansk People’s Republic), Sladkoye, Staromikhailovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Shevchenkovo, Dolinka, Trudovoye, Novopokrovka, Mirnoye (Zaporozhye region), Staraya Zburyevka and Novaya Kakhovka (Kherson region).
In total, 457 airplanes, 245 helicopters, 5,358 unmanned aerial vehicles, 427 air defense missile systems, 11,029 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1,140 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 5,661 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 11,971 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.
Russian news sources also shared videos showing the destruction of two armored personnel vehicles, two self-propelled howitzers, a truck and two anti-tank guided missile systems of Kiev forces with artillery fire, Lancet loitering munitions and FPV suicide drones.
Ukraine’s counteroffensive is clearly not going according to the plans of the Kiev regime and its backers in the West. The attempts to attack Crimea and Moscow will likely worsen the situation for Kiev forces and provoke a fierce response from the Russian military.
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