Invaders claim they destroyed Ukrainian Neptune missile near temporarily occupied Crimea

Invaders claim they destroyed Ukrainian Neptune missile near temporarily occupied Crimea

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Russia's Defense Ministry has said that late on October 3, Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship missile off the coast of the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula.

The ministry reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.

The agency claimed that the anti-aircraft missile was shot down at 20:30. At 20:30, an air raid alert was declared on the peninsula, and it lasted for almost 50 minutes.

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At the same time, the "governor" of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, reported the destruction of a drone. Its fragments fell on the roof of a residential building, and windows were broken in several apartments.

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