Russians say they downed 6 drones over Crimea and Black Sea

The Russians claimed they had downed six aircraft-type drones on the morning of 2 November.

Source: Russian Defence Ministry

Details: The Russian Defence Ministry said air defence systems destroyed one drone over the waters of the Black Sea, and five more were intercepted over the territory of Crimea.

Background: 

• On 30 October, the Russians stopped the traffic on the Crimean Bridge at 06:36 for an hour. The Russian occupying authorities in Crimea claimed at night that the Russian Black Sea Fleet was repelling a drone attack.
• Russian opposition media reported that 17 Russian Defence Ministry servicemen had been wounded in an attack on an air defence missile regiment in occupied Crimea overnight. 
• Later, the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed that they had successfully attacked a strategic Russian air defence target in the west of occupied Crimea at night.
• Astra Telegram channel said a S-300 anti-aircraft missile system had been damaged as a result of a missile attack on Russian-occupied Crimea on the morning of 30 October.

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