The Russian military has blamed Ukraine and Britain for a massive drone
attack on its Black Sea fleet in Crimea, a peninsula annexed by Moscow,
which it said caused "minor damage" to one of the ships.

Moscow said the Russian ships were involved in protecting convoys
exporting Ukrainian grain.

"The preparation of this terrorist act and the training of military
personnel of the 73rd Ukrainian special maritime operations centre were
carried out by British specialists based in Ochakov, Mykolaiv region of
Ukraine," the Russian defence ministry said on Telegram.

The Russian-installed governor of the city of Sevastopol described the
drone attack early on Saturday on Russian Black Sea fleet installations as
the most "massive" of the conflict in Ukraine.

"The most massive attack by drones and remotely piloted surface vehicles
on the waters of the Bay of Sevastopol in the history of the conflict took
place last night," Mikhail Razvojaev was quoted as saying by the TASS
agency.

Earlier, Razvojaev said the Russian navy had repelled a drone attack,
saying no facilities had been hit and the situation was under control. All
the drones involved in the attack had been "shot down", Razvojaev added on
Telegram.

The port of Sevastopol was "temporarily" closed to ships and ferries after
the attack, the city's authorities said.

On Thursday, Razvojaev said the Balaklava thermal power plant had been
targeted by a drone attack.

The reported new drone attack in Sevastopol comes as Ukrainian forces have
launched a counter-offensive to regain ground in the south of the country.

Both sides have exchanged rocket, mortar and artillery fire from trench
lines north of the Russian-held city of Kherson, where one of the war's
most consequential battles is looming.

The Russian defence ministry said its forces had repelled attempted
Ukrainian advances in the east and had destroyed a Ukrainian military
factory near the town of Pavlograd.

Russia, which launched an offensive in Ukraine on 24 February, annexed
Ukraine's southern Crimean peninsula in 2014.

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