Russia shoots down 8 Ukrainian drones near Crimea

  The Ministry of Defense of Russia has said that the country's air defense systems have successfully shot down eight Ukrainian drones that were flying in the Black Sea near Crimea. The Sputnik news agency today Sunday quoted the statement of the ministry saying that, "On the night of September 10, an attempt by the Kiev administration to carry out a terrorist attack using a UAV (drone) in the territory of the Russian Federation has been discovered." The statement added that: Air defense systems (of Russia) have destroyed eight drones in the air of the Black Sea near the coast of the Republic of Crimea.

In addition, the Ministry of Defense of Russia has said that three American military boats carrying Ukrainian soldiers have been destroyed in the north of Snake Island on the coast of the Black Sea. Russia's air defense systems On Friday, the country's military stopped 21 attacks by Ukraine and killed approximately 630 soldiers of the Kiev government in the areas of Donetsk, Kupyansk, Zaporozhye, Krasnyi Lyman and Kherson. Also last month, Russia through electronic warfare shot down 11 Ukrainian drones near Crimea, and two more that were heading towards Moscow. Russia has been insisting that any attack by Ukraine against Crimea will lead Moscow to use "any type of weapon" to respond to the blows and defend itself.