The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced via its Telegram channel that a Ukrainian missile has been destroyed over the Black Sea near the coast of Crimea.
According to the statement released by the ministry, on November 9th, at around 17:40 Moscow time, an attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) to launch an anti-ship missile called “Neptune” towards targets in Russian territory was intercepted.
“The Ukrainian missile was detected and destroyed by our air defense systems over the Black Sea near the coast of the Crimean Peninsula,” the statement said.
On November 8th, Vladimir Saldo, the governor of the Kherson region, reported that three UAF missiles had been shot down by air defense systems over the Genichesk district.
Later on November 9th, Saldo announced that Ukrainian soldiers had launched a missile strike on the city of Skadovsk, resulting in 11 injuries. As a result, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation initiated a criminal case.
Prior to these incidents, Russian forces had shot down two Ukrainian Air Force fighters in the area of the special military operation.
Earlier, Russian air defense systems had also shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).
