Celebrations interrupted in Sevastopol. Udrone attack by “Ukrainian nationalists” targeting the staff of the Russian Black Sea fleet left six injured, announced on Sunday July 31 the governor of this port city in annexed Crimea. Therefore, the festivities of Russian Fleet Day y “have been canceled for security reasons”he added.
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Ukraine has denied its involvement in this “so-called Ukrainian attack” and accused Russia of “deliberate provocation”. “The liberation of occupied Ukrainian Crimea will happen in another, much more effective way”commented a spokesperson for the regional administration of Odessa, in southern Ukraine.
Extensive celebrations took place across Russia on Russian Fleet Day, including a naval parade in St. Petersburg overseen by President Vladimir Putin.
