Ukrainian authorities have confirmed that they were involved in organizing a naval drone attack in Sevastopol's bay, but rejected Russian claims that the actions jeopardized the humanitarian grain corridor.
Source. This was stated by a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Andriy Yusov, in a commentary to the Ukrainian TV channel "Suspilne".
"The recent events in Crimea concerned exclusively military facilities and are in no way related to the grain agreement, which provides for Ukrainian ports and civilian ports," Andriy Yusov said.
"Ukraine complies with its international obligations, including fulfilling all obligations regarding the grain corridor," Yusov added.
On Monday evening, the Russian Defense Ministry accused Ukraine of violating the terms of the grain deal by using designated routes to launch a drone attack on the Streletskaya Bay in Sevastopol in annexed Crimea.
On the morning of the same day, the Russian Defense Ministry said that Sevastopol was attacked by "unmanned speedboats" and that all drones were destroyed.
Video of the drone attack on Sevastopol was published by Crimean Telegram channels. The footage shows two different explosions. One drone was allegedly shot down by anti-submarine warfare systems, while the other allegedly exploded on its own.
The occupation's so-called governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, claims that "everything happened on an external raid" and that "no objects were damaged."
However, this version contradicts the video distributed by Telegram channels showing the explosions. It shows that the explosion did not occur on the outer road, but over the city.
The photos of the aftermath of the nighttime explosions in Sevastopol that have been made publicly available show broken windows in coastal buildings and broken lighting elements of outdoor advertising, while balcony doors and windows in a new building were blown open by the blast wave.
Background. As a reminder, Monobank co-founder Yatsenko invested $8 million in the production of UAVs for the Ukrainian army.