Russian Defence Ministry reports that 10 drones attack Crimea

The Russian Ministry of Defence has said that on 1 March, Crimea was ostensibly attacked by 10 Ukrainian drones and all of them were shot down.

Source: report of the Russian Ministry of Defence

Quote from Igor Konashenkov, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defence: "[We] prevented an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a massive drone attack on the Crimean Peninsula targets. 6 Ukrainian combat drones were shot down by anti-aircraft missiles, four more were disabled by radio-electronic warfare systems."

Details: He also claimed that there are no alleged victims or destruction as a result of the attack. 

Background:

• On the afternoon of 28 February, it was reported that a drone had crashed in Moscow Oblast near Kolomna, not far from a facility owned by Gazprom, Russia's state energy monopolist. Later, Russian media wrote that the members of the Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB) found explosives inside the drone that fell in Moscow Oblast on 28 February.
• Later that day, an unidentified aircraft crashed in Adygea, in the Southern Federal District of Russia. 
• In addition, on the night of 27-28 February, explosions rocked the Russian city of Tuapse in Krasnodar Krai, followed by a fire at a Rosneft oil refinery. News outlets reported that it was an attack of UAVs. 
• On 28 February, 200 square kilometres of the airspace were closed in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg, and the local Pulkovo Airport stopped accepting planes for landing after an unidentified flying object (UFO) was detected over the city. Later, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported that the airspace over Saint Petersburg had been closed because they were conducting "air defence training".
• Mykhailo Podoliak, Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, responding to the Russians’ accusations of Ukraine allegedly striking Russian regions with UAVs, stated that Ukraine’s Armed Forces did not carry out attacks on the territory of Russia. 

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