Massive Drone Attack in Occupied Ukraine; 75 UAVs Shot Down Says Russia

Russian Air defense systems neutralized 75 Ukrainian drones last night, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Monday.

However Ukrianian media reported loud explosions in Crimea and other parts of occupied Ukraine.

"The air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 47UAVs over the Rostov region, one over the Belgorod region, one over the Voronezh region, one over the Smolensk region and eight over the Krasnodar region, as well as 17 UAVs over the waters of the Black and Azov seas," the ministry said in a statement.

Another five Ukrainian drones were destroyed over the Astrakhan region on Monday at around 7:00 Moscow time, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported an attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone on a passenger vehicle in the village of Shchetinovka, which injured three men.

"In the village of Shchetinovka in the Belgorod District, a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attacked a passenger vehicle moving along the road. Three men were injured. The victims, who suffered barotrauma and various shrapnel wounds, went to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2 on their own," the governor wrote on his Telegram channel.

Krasnodar Krai Governor Veniamin Kondratyev reported on Tuesday that drones had attacked a ferry in the Kavkaz port in the Temryuk district; there was a fatality and injuries.

Traffic was also reportedly halted on the Kerch Bridge connecting mainland Russia with occupied Crimea, Ukrainian media reported.The drones attacked a ferry ship at the Port of Kavkaz, which lies in the Kerch Strait separating the peninsula from Russia's Krasnodar Krai.