In Crimea, they announced an attempt by Kyiv to «probe» the defense of the peninsula

Scuttled Ships Monument in SevastopolSIMFEROPOL, Mar 13Ukraine tried to «probe» the air defense of the region by launching a drone in its direction, which was shot down by the Russian military, said Georgy Muradov, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Crimea to the President of the Russian Federation, Deputy Prime Minister of the Crimean Government, Georgy Muradov. the Ukrainian unmanned target aircraft Tu-141 «Strizh» was launched from the direction of Odessa on the territory of Crimea. It is there, in the village of Raukhovka, Berezovsky district, that the 321st separate squadron of unmanned reconnaissance aircraft is located. In this way, our opponents are trying to «probe», how strong is the air defense of the region in order to try to strike a real blow next time,» Muradov said. According to him, this is far from the first hostile action by Ukraine against Russian Crimea. «There have been many such attempts over the past eight years. This is an armed provocation in the fall of 2018 in the Kerch Strait, and the seizure of the Crimean fishing x courts, and kidnappings of Crimeans, and much more. The list of crimes of the Kiev regime against the Crimeans is quite extensive. All the facts have been collected, the bill will be presented soon,» Muradov emphasized. According to him, the elimination of a drone over Crimea suggests that Ukraine remains a terrorist state, ready at any moment to attack Russian facilities in Crimea, including civilians. Russia has launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal “to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.” To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out “demilitarization and denazification of war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass.According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, but nothing at the civilian population.With the support of the RF Armed Forces, they are developing the offensive of the DPR and LPR groups.But there is no question of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president emphasized. In Crimea, they said that it was impossible to trust the promises of Kyiv in the negotiations