Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the general staff of Russia’s armed forces, has visited Russian troops in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, part of which is occupied by Russia and which the Russian Federation claims to have annexed. In a statement the ministry said the unsuccessful attack was 340 km southwest of Sevastopol, and that three Ukrainian drone boats were destroyed. The Russian ministry of defence claims it successfully repelled a unmanned boat drone attack on two of its ships in the Black Sea fleet – the Sergey Kotov and the Vasily Bykov. Ukraine’s interior minister has claimed an attempt to cross into the country on its northern border in the Chernihiv region by a Russian saboteur group has been foiled. Details on casualties are being clarified.” Ihor Terekhov wrote on Telegram: “A fire broke out and emergency services are attending.
The mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, said early on Tuesday that at least three drones hit populated areas of his city and one drone destroyed two floors of a dormitory. Poland’s military initially denied that helicopters with Belarusian insignia had crossed into Polish airspace, but by Tuesday evening, the defence ministry acknowledged there “was a violation of Polish airspace by two Belarusian helicopters that were carrying out training near the border”. Poland’s ministry of defence said it will increase the number of troops at its border with Belarus after two helicopters from Belarus violated Poland’s airspace on Tuesday. Fire brigades are already on site and have begun to put out the blaze.” Mikhail Razvozhaev wrote on Telegram: “A UAV was shot down in the Kara-Koba area. Russia also downed a drone in the Sevastopol district of Crimea, according to the local governor. Moscow’s Vnukovo airport was also temporarily shut and flights redirected. The glazing of 150 square metres was broken,” he said. “The facade of the 21st floor was damaged. Sobyanin said in a Telegram post that no injuries had been reported. The Russian defence ministry said two drones were destroyed by air defence systems in the Odintsovo and Narofominsk districts near Moscow, while a third was jammed and crashed in the capital. Russian air defences have shot down “several” drones targeting the Moscow region, mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Tuesday, with one hitting a tower that had also been struck on Sunday.
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