President of Crimea Announces Downing of Drones and Explosions in Ukrainian Cities

In detail, the President of Crimea, Sergey Aksenov, revealed that this morning, Thursday, 9 drones were detected over the Crimea, and that 6 of them were shot down by the Air Defense Forces, while 3 others were nullified using electronic warfare means.

Aksenov said on Telegram: “9 drones were detected over the territory of the Crimean peninsula at night and in the morning … 6 of them were shot down by the air defense forces, and 3 of them were disabled and canceled by electronic warfare equipment.”

Aksenov added that one of the drones exploded in the village of Dokuchayevo in the Krasnogvardeisky district, noting that there were no victims, but it smashed the windows of a number of houses.

Media: Explosions in Ukrainian cities

On Thursday morning, sirens sounded across Ukraine, according to online map data of Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation.

Ukrainian media reported that explosions were heard in a number of cities, including Odoisa and Kharkiv.

On Thursday morning, the local Ukrainian newspaper “Zirkala Nedeli” reported hearing explosions in Odessa.

Earlier, on Thursday morning, Ukrainian media reported that explosions were heard in Kharkiv Province, where 3 explosions were heard in the city of Kharkiv, as reported by the local newspaper “Sospilin” on its Telegram account.

In eastern Ukraine, Russian warplanes targeted gathering centers of Ukrainian forces, means of firing, and Ukrainian ammunition depots in Krasno-Limansk.

Alexander Savchuk, head of the press center of the Russian “Center” group, said that the Russian aviation launched, Thursday morning, missile and air strikes to gather forces and means of firing, key points and ammunition depots in the direction of Krasno-Limansk.