Up to 115 Ukrainian Servicemen Killed in Zaporozhye Direction - Russian Defense Ministry

Two armored combat vehicles, four vehicles, two M-777 artillery systems, and a US-made M-119 gun were destroyed

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MOSCOW, September 2. /TASS/. The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 115 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen in the Zaporozhye direction in the last day, the Russian Ministry of Defense said on Saturday.

"Up to 115 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, four vehicles, two M-777 artillery systems, and a US-made M-119 gun, as well as two howitzers: Msta-B and D-20, were destroyed in a day," the report said.

Russia says its forces destroyed Ukrainian sea drone moving to attack Crimean Bridge

The Ukrainian sea drone was timely detected and destroyed in the waters of the Black Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said

MOSCOW, September 2. /TASS/. Russian forces destroyed a sea drone in the Black Sea that Kiev had launched in an attempt to strike the Crimean Bridge, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.

"At 11:15 p.m. Moscow time on September 1, the Kiev regime attempted a terrorist strike on the Crimean Bridge with a semi-submersible uncrewed surface vessel. The Ukrainian sea drone was timely detected and destroyed in the waters of the Black Sea," the ministry said.

The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday that the Black Sea Fleet had established permanent control of the situation in the Black Sea using all types of reconnaissance. The ministry said that this had allowed the naval air force on August 29-30 to foil an attempt by a Ukrainian special operations unit to land on the Crimean coast and carry out terrorist attacks.