MOSCOW. Sept 1 (Interfax) - Russia's Black Sea Fleet has established permanent control over the situation in the Black Sea, owing to which it has disrupted an attempt by a Ukrainian unit to land on Crimea's coast, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.
"The Black Sea Fleet has established permanent control of the situation in the Black Sea with all types of reconnaissance," Konashenkov said at a press briefing on Friday.
"This enabled the Black Sea Fleet's naval aviation to disrupt an attempt by a Ukrainian Armed Forces special operations unit to land on Crimea in order to commit acts of terrorism on August 29-30," he said.
Russian naval aviation planes destroyed four boats and killed up to 50 Ukrainian troops, he said.