From: slider@anashram.com   
      
   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.   
      
   https://www.euronews.com/2022/10/29/ukraine-war-massive-sevastop   
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