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Shoigu: Female soldiers repelled the attack of UAF drones in Sevastopol
2023-03-23
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[REGNUM] The head of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said that the UAV attack in Sevastopol was repelled by female soldiers

A drone attack on Sevastopol was repelled by Russian servicewomen. This was announced at a meeting of the board of the military department by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

According to him, two UAVs were destroyed by contract service senior sailor Marina Faleeva and chief foreman Tatyana Tseluiko. The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation has already given instructions to present girls for state awards. The girls will also receive a cash prize for destroying enemy targets.
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"Today an attempt was made to hit our facilities in the Crimea. All three vehicles were destroyed," Shoigu said.

Earlier on March 22, the head of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, announced the attack by drones and the operation of the air defense system (air defense). According to updated information, drones tried to penetrate the bay. They were fired upon with small arms. From the explosions of the destroyed enemy naval drones in the buildings on Lenin Street, 2, windows were shattered.

On March 14, 2023, a flight of an American MQ-9 drone was recorded over the Black Sea in the region of the Crimean Peninsula . The drone was flying with the transponders turned off. In order to identify the intruder, Su-27 fighters were raised into the air, but the pilots did not come into contact with the MQ-9 and returned safely to their base airfield. The United States confirmed that the American MQ-9 drone was in the Black Sea in order to conduct reconnaissance.

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Female servicemen of the Black Sea Fleet Marina Faleyeva and Tatyana Tseluiko told how they discovered and destroyed two Ukrainian drones that tried to attack objects in Sevastopol early in the morning.

"There was (an object) above the water, there was a white trail, only it was going much faster (than a passing boat at the entrance to the bay. - Ed.)," Tatyana Tseluiko said in a story on the Russia 24 channel.

In turn, Marina Faleeva clarified that the equipment could not recognize the enemy object. However, two of the three drones the women managed to destroy with well-aimed shots. Now they receive many calls with congratulations. Tatyana and Marina said that they learned about the decision of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to award them from the media. At the same time, they noted that they do not consider themselves heroes.

Earlier today, the Governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, announced that he had repelled an attack by three sea drones that were trying to enter the bay of Sevastopol. According to him, from the explosions of the destroyed devices in the buildings on Lenin Street, 2, and in the House of Moscow, windows were broken, people were not injured.

The head of the Ministry of Defense, Sergei Shoigu , said that two of the three Ukrainian naval drones that attacked Sevastopol were shot down by female servicemen, they will be presented for awards and will be given cash bonuses. In particular, we are talking about the senior sailor of the contract service Marina Faleeva and the chief foreman Tatyana Tseluiko.

Since July last year, Ukrainian drones have been periodically trying to attack Sevastopol, the main base of the Black Sea Fleet, as well as other objects in the Crimea. The targets of the attacks were the headquarters of the fleet, energy facilities, military airfields. Air defense systems destroy most drones.

In Sevastopol, the yellow level of terrorist danger operates indefinitely. It implies strengthening the work of law enforcement agencies and inspections at railway stations and other crowded places, transferring medical organizations to high alert mode, identifying places suitable for temporary accommodation of people, as well as increased protection of strategic facilities, including energy infrastructure.

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