Ukrainian drones struck a number of targets throughout Russia and occupied Crimea in a single day, together with the Russian metropolis of Izhevsk mendacity over 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) from the Ukrainian border, in keeping with Russian officers and native Telegram channels.
Residents of Izhevsk reported explosions early on July 1, whereas native authorities confirmed a drone strike on a facility within the metropolis. Alexander Brechalov, head of Russia's Udmurt Republic, stated emergency providers had responded to the assault and that additional info could be offered because it grew to become out there.
Russia's aviation company briefly suspended flights out and in of town's airport following the incident.
The town was beforehand focused on Nov. 17, 2024, when a drone strike broken a manufacturing facility identified for producing air protection techniques, together with Tor missile techniques and radar parts utilized by the Russian army. That strike marked the primary identified Ukrainian drone assault on the area through the full-scale warfare.
Russia's Protection Ministry stated its air defenses shot down 60 Ukrainian drones in a single day throughout a number of areas, together with 17 over occupied Crimea, 16 over the Rostov Oblast, and 11 over the Sea of Azov. Others have been reportedly downed over the Kursk, Saratov, Belgorod, Voronezh, and Oryol oblasts, in addition to the Black Sea.
In occupied Crimea, native Telegram channels reported explosions close to the city of Kurortne on the Kerch Peninsula, the place Russian S-300/S-400 surface-to-air missile techniques and radar stations are allegedly situated. A monitoring group cited NASA satellite tv for pc information exhibiting a big hearth within the space in a single day, although there was no official affirmation of any harm to the air protection belongings.
Native residents reported explosions between 0:20 a.m. and 0:50 a.m. within the cities of Kerch and Feodosia.
Ukraine has not formally claimed duty for the assaults, and its army intelligence company has not commented. The Kyiv Unbiased couldn’t independently confirm the data.
The Kyiv IndependentYuliia Taradiuk