ARCHIVE - A Ukrainian worker inspects a combat drone at the secret Fire Point factory. Photo: Efrem Lukatsky/AP/dpa/Symbolic image
Keystone
According to its own account, the Ukrainian military has carried out a series of attacks against Russian units on the occupied Crimean peninsula. At least three helicopters were hit and destroyed in an attack by combat drones against a base near Simferopol, military officials reported in a Telegram channel. In addition, several missiles were fired at a Russian base near Volozhino on the coast. At least six hovercrafts were destroyed in the process. The effects of a missile strike on a barracks are not yet known.
Keystone-SDA
31.08.2025, 17:20
SDA
There were no reports from the Russian side. The information could not be independently verified.
The Ukrainian military intelligence service HUR reported a successful operation against a Russian radar station in Crimea. The radar guidance system and other components of a Russian S-400 air defense system were destroyed using combat drones, the Ukrinform agency reported, citing HUR sources. A short video sequence, which cannot be independently verified, shows a drone approaching a radar dome. This report could not be independently verified either.