Russia says drone attack on Crimea port ‘repelled’
Al JazeeraOne drone was shot down while another exploded on its own, Crimea’s Russian-backed governor says. Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has warded off a drone attack on the Crimean port of Sevastopol, the Moscow-installed governor of the city says. Passenger ferry service were suspended in the port city, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported, citing Sevastopol transport authorities. There have been several acts of sabotage against Russian army bases, conscription offices and railways used as supply lines by the military since Russia began its military campaign in Ukraine. In April, Alexander Bortnikov, head of the Federal Security Service, or FSB, accused Ukraine and Western countries of launching “an aggressive ideological and recruitment campaign” to incite Russians, particularly young people, to an armed rebellion.