On Sunday, Ukraine carried out a massive attack by dozens of drones on the Crimean peninsula, the Russian Ministry of Defense claims. Air defense systems would destroy them all. The details emerged after people reported on social media that explosions had been heard at a port on the peninsula.

A view of the Crimean Bridge from afarPhoto: Kostyantyn Mikhalchevsky / Sputnik / Profimedia

All information about the war in Ukraine – day 739 – LIVE on HotNews.ro:

08:33 Russian air defense systems destroyed all 38 drones that Ukraine launched over the Crimean peninsula early Sunday morning, the Russian Defense Ministry said, after reports of loud explosions in Ukraine and Russia at the port of Feodosia appeared on social media, Reuters and News . ro.

In its Telegram statement, the Russian Ministry of Defense did not specify whether there was destruction or casualties.

Road traffic near Feodosia is restricted, Crimea reported earlier. Traffic on the bridge, which connects the Crimean peninsula with the Russian mainland, was interrupted for several hours and resumed around 01.40 GMT, officials installed by the Russians in Crimea reported on Telegram.

Russian and Ukrainian social networks, with reference to the residents of Feodosia, report that on Sunday at two o’clock in the morning local time (11:00 p.m. Kyiv time on Saturday) strong explosions were heard near the seaport and oil depot.

Reuters said it could not independently verify reports of the explosions. Currently, Ukrainian officials are not commenting.

The Moscow-imposed authorities in the occupied Crimea closed the Kerch Bridge to traffic from 3:40 a.m.

A brief retelling of the last events of the war:

  • As a result of the Russian drone attack on the city of Odesa, at least 8 people were killed
  • Oleksiy Navalny’s mother visited the opponent’s grave with her daughter-in-law on Saturday, a day after his burial. Russians once again lined up to lay flowers at the grave of a dead opposition politician. At least 120 people were detained in Russia during events commemorating Navalny
  • Less than a month after his appointment as the new head of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrsky suggests that he has changed several commanders.
  • The moment a drone hit a quarter in Putin’s city.
  • Chancellor Olaf Scholz officially announced on Saturday that Germany is thoroughly investigating a “serious” leak of a tape released by propagandist Margarita Simonyan showing German officers discussing classified information about the war in Ukraine. Germany’s defense ministry confirmed on Saturday that a secret air force conversation had been intercepted
  • ​Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in Turkey that “the government in Chisinau, headed by Romanian citizens, is simply following in the footsteps of the Kyiv regime, canceling everything that is Russian.”
  • The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chisinau, Mihai Popsoy, says that the Kremlin regime has no moral right to teach democracy and freedom lessons.
  • Britain’s Ministry of Defense said Russia may have grounded its A-50 reconnaissance jets, which were sent to support operations in Ukraine, after the downing of two such planes.
  • St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport was closed for about an hour to arrivals and departures after Russian authorities said a Ukrainian drone was shot down over the Gulf of Finland on the evening of March 2.

—————-

Saturday’s most important information about Russia’s aggression was live on HotNews.ro