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UKRAINIAN DRONES IN THE BLACK SEA
Ukrainian drones have targeted a Russian naval base in the Black Sea, a source within the Ukrainian security services (SBU) told AFP on Friday, after Russia reported an attack on its port of Novorossiysk.
Video obtained by AFP shows a naval drone approaching a warship before the transmission cut off shortly before impact. The source within the Ukrainian security services confirmed “the involvement of the SBU in the drone attack”.
SPYING
Poland has arrested a Belarusian suspected of spying for Moscow as part of a “Russian spy ring”, Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski said on Friday.
“Belarusian Mikhail A. participated in the reconnaissance of military installations and ports. He also carried out propaganda activities for Russia,” he said, adding that this man was the 16th person detained in connection with the alleged spy ring.
Moscow, through the voice of Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov, indicated that it had “no information on the subject”.
RUSSIAN CURRENCY
The Russian currency fell on Thursday August 3 to 94.9875 rubles per dollar. This is its lowest level since the first weeks after the invasion of Ukraine.
UPDATE ON THE SITUATION
Russia has claimed in recent hours to have repelled several Ukrainian drone attacks near Moscow, in the Black Sea and against annexed Crimea. For his part, Volodymyr Zelensky ensures that his troops “dominate” the counter-offensive. The highlights of the last 24 hours around the war in Ukraine.
THE RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER IN THE FIELD
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visited the area of the operation in Ukraine to inspect a command post and hold talks with senior military officials, the Russian military said in a statement on Friday. .
Sergei Shoigu was presented with a report on the current situation on the front and “thanked the commanders and the military […] for successful offensive actions” in the Lyman area in eastern Ukraine, the Russian army said, without specifying when this move took place.
BLACK SEA
Russia claims this Friday morning to have repelled an attack by two Ukrainian maritime drones against its naval base in Novorossiysk, on the Black Sea, which is also a major oil port.
“Unmanned boats were visually detected and destroyed by regular gunfire from Russian ships” protecting the naval base, the Russian Defense Ministry wrote on Telegram. According to the same source, 13 Ukrainian aerial drones were also shot down over Crimea.
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