Drone damages radar in occupied Crimea - media

Drone damages radar in occupied Crimea - media

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As a result of the overnight drone attack in the temporarily occupied Crimea on October 24, a Russian radar sustained damage.

This was reported by the Crimean Wind Telegram channel, who administrators monitor the developments in the Russia-held peninsula, Ukrinform wrote.

"According to sources, as a result of an overnight attack on Crimea, a radar was damaged," the report reads.

It is noted that drones attacked a mobile radar manned by Russia’s 31st Air Defense Division, located a few kilometers from the village of Olenivka. A kamikaze drone exploded, damaging the radar equipment.

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As reported, on the night of Thursday, October 24, two explosions were heard in Sevastopol, in the area of ​​Balaklava, where Russian air defense was activated.

On the night of October 7, Ukraine’s Defense Forces hit an oil terminal on the coast of Feodosia in temporarily occupied Crimea.

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