At night and in the morning of May 30, the Crimean peninsula was subjected to a missile attack and a drone invasion. The Russian authorities announced damage to two ferries, and the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense announced the defeat of two Russian boats.
Gun cannonade was heard in the east, reported correspondent for Crimea.Realities. According to the head of the Ministry of Transport Nikolai Lukashenko, the city of Kerch was subjected to a missile attack. ABOUT sounds of explosions Local telegram channels also wrote. There were at least six explosions in Kerch, which shook the windows in the house. The ASTRA telegram channel reports 20 explosions.
According to Lukashenko, two ferries, a car and a railway, were damaged by debris from downed missiles. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the destruction of eight missiles over the Sea of Azov and the same number of drones over the Black Sea. It was also reported that the Russian military allegedly destroyed two unmanned boats heading towards the peninsula.
The morning of May 30 began with drones: the Kerch bridge was blocked, air defense was working on Taman. Local telegram channels report about “arrivals” near the Crimean Bridge; at about 07:34 they began writing that traffic on the bridge was supposedly blocked. A few minutes later, reports appeared that “a group of drones was approaching the bridge crossing.” According to estimates from various sources, that night in Kerch From 6 to 30 explosions occurred.
Power steering drones hit 2 Russian boats in temporarily occupied Crimea – reports source “UP” in the GUR MOU. On the night of May 30, as a result of a special operation by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, two Russian boats, presumably of the KS-701 “Tuna” type, were hit in Crimea.
According to the UP source, Ukrainian maritime drones “Magura V5” attacked the boats invaders near the village of Chernomorskoye, Evpatoria region: “The enemy actively used aviation, small arms and artillery to counteract this, but to no avail.”
Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine confirmed the destruction of two high-speed transport and landing boats of the Russian occupiers in the temporarily occupied Crimea, the press service of the Main Intelligence Directorate reported:
“On May 30, 2024, the special unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine “Group 13” with the help of Ukrainian attack naval drones Magura V5 once again effectively attacked the ship and boat composition of the aggressor state of Russia in the temporarily occupied Crimea. The successful special operation was made possible thanks to the support of the United24 global platform. In order to neutralize attack sea drones on the approach to Uzkaya Bay, the Russian occupiers in Crimea scrambled military aircraft 32 times, in particular Su-27/30/35, MiG-29, Be-12, An-26 aircraft and Ka-26 helicopters. 27/29 and Mi-8. The invaders also randomly used small arms and 30 mm cannons. However, nothing prevented the special forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry from successfully completing their combat mission.”
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