MOSCOW. May 6 (Interfax) - Russian forces have destroyed five Ukrainian naval drones off Crimea's northwestern coast, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.
"Black Sea Fleet forces have destroyed five naval drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces off the northwestern coast of the Crimean Peninsula," the ministry said.
It also reported destroying 23 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and seven projectiles fired by a U.S.-made HIMARS high mobility artillery rocket system.
The ministry released a video showing the destruction of five Ukrainian naval drones by the Black Sea Fleet off Crimea. In the video, a helicopter strikes the Ukrainian naval drones.