❗️Smoke is rising from Yalta's port as Ukrainian sea drones attack the city. Tourists are being evacuated from beaches while the port remains under attack.
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❗️Smoke is rising from Yalta's port as Ukrainian sea drones attack the city. Tourists are being evacuated from beaches while the port remains under attack.
Russian occupation authorities ordered an evacuation of the central waterfront in Yalta and told people to leave open areas and seek shelter amid reports of an attempted Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessel attack. Local residents reported hearing gunfire around…
July’s air-defense tally from Ukraine’s Air Force: more than 5,300 aerial targets destroyed and over 48,000 tactical UAVs neutralized. The list included 3,656 Shaheds, 888 reconnaissance UAVs, 707 Lancets, 111 Kh-101s, 24 Kalibrs, 49 Kh-59/69 missiles, 10 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles, 1 Iskander-K and 2 Kh-35s. Air Force aircraft also flew more than 1,500 sorties, including over 1,100 for f...
Russian occupation authorities ordered an evacuation of the central waterfront in Yalta and told people to leave open areas and seek shelter amid reports of an attempted Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessel attack. Local residents reported hearing gunfire around 30 minutes earlier. Mash claimed Ukrainian forces attempted to attack the city using Sea Baby 2 surface drones.
New July tally: Ukraine's SBU Alpha unit says it neutralized nearly 6,000 Russian troops and hit 8,748 UAVs and UGVs, 3,297 vehicles, 1,207 fortifications, 549 drone crews, 233 depots, 67 armored vehicles, 54 artillery systems, 23 air-defense systems and 18 MLRS. The unit also reported 13 aviation assets hit, including three Su-30 variants destroyed; a MiG-31BM, five Su-24s, a Su-27P, Su-30, Mi-8M...
General Staff confirms: Ukrainian forces struck an early-warning radar near Olenivka and a storage, preparation and launch site for attack drones near Hvardiiske in occupied Crimea. Two ground relays controlling Geran/Gerbera attack drones were also hit in Olenivka and Zaliznyi Port, Kherson Oblast. A Russian fuel depot near Melitopol and an occupation forces repair unit near Yakymivka, Zaporizhzh...
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