Ukraine strikes psychological blows in drone warfare over Crimea
Analysis: Widely shared footage of drone attacks shows attempt to bring conflict closer to Russian people
For the second time in less than a month, Russia's naval base at Sevastopol has come under a drone attack. Plumes of smoke were seen rising after the incident on Saturday morning, which the Russian-appointed governor of the city, Mikhail Razvozhaev, said came after a drone flew over the sensitive military site.
In narrow military terms the attack is not significant. Razvozhaev said it involved a single drone. Footage from a local Telegram channel appears to back that up. But a key question is how a drone was able to evade Russian electronic warfare defences and fly right over the naval base.
This headline was amended on 22 August 2022 to better reflect the article itself.
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