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[Al Jazeera]<\/p>\nUkraine\u2019s Security Service said it deployed special drones to attack the Russian Kirovske military airfield in Crimea.<\/p>\n
Ukraine said it carried out an overnight drone strike on the Kirovske airfield in Crimea and claimed that multiple Russian helicopters and an air defence system were destroyed in the strike.<\/p>\n
According to a Ukraine Security Service (SBU) statement, the drones targeted areas where Russian aviation units, air defence assets, ammunition depots and unmanned aerial vehicles were located. The agency claimed that Mi-8, Mi-26, and Mi-28 helicopters, as well as a Pantsir-S1 missile and gun system were destroyed.<\/p>\n
\u201cSecondary detonations continued throughout the night at the airfield,\u201d the SBU said, calling the strike part of broader efforts to disrupt Russian aerial operations. \u201cThe enemy must understand that expensive military equipment and ammunition are not safe anywhere \u2013 not on the line of contact, not in Crimea, and not deep in the rear.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Russian defence ministry said more than 40 Ukrainian drones were shot down overnight and Saturday morning over Crimea.<\/p>\n
[Al Jazeera]<\/p>\n
At the same time, Ukrainian officials said two people were killed and 14 others were wounded during a Russian drone strike on the port city of Odesa.<\/p>\n
Odesa Governor Oleg Kiper said on Telegram that those who were killed were due to a drone strike on a \u201cresidential building\u201d.\u00a0Among the 14 injured, \u201cthree of them children\u201d, Kiper added.<\/p>\n
The governor of the southern Kherson region, Oleksandr Prokudin, said that one person was killed and three others were wounded in Russian strikes during the past day.<\/p>\n
\u201cRussian troops targeted critical and social infrastructure and residential areas in the region,\u201d Prokudin added.<\/p>\n
Territorial gains<\/p>\n
Amid the latest attacks, Russia\u2019s defence ministry said it had taken control of the settlement of Chervona Zirka in the eastern Donetsk region, which Moscow has claimed is part of Russia since an illegal election in late 2022.<\/p>\n
After direct talks between Russia and Ukraine in Turkiye this month to end the war, which began in 2022, both sides were unable to come to a mutual understanding.<\/p>\n
Moscow has said any territory taken during the war must be retained. Kyiv has staunchly rejected any peace proposal that calls for it to give up land to Russia.<\/p>\n