“An unknown object flew into the courtyard of the headquarters. According to preliminary data, it is a drone. Five people were injured, they are employees of the headquarters,” said the governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev.
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He added that ceremonial events in honor of Navy Day were canceled for security reasons. Russia celebrates it every year on the last Sunday of July.
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“On Sunday morning, Ukrainian nationalists decided to disrupt our Navy Day,” Rozvozhayev wrote on Telegram.
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According to the Black Sea Fleet, the drone was apparently homemade and was equipped with a weak explosive device. The injuries were mainly caused by glass fragments.
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The spokesman of the Odesa region administration, Serhii Bratchuk, called the Russian claim about the Ukrainian attack on the headquarters of the Russian fleet a provocation. “The liberation of Crimea from the occupiers will take place differently and much more efficiently,” he noted.
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Russia annexed the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea in 2014 following a referendum that was not recognized internationally.
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