The Russian Ministry of Defense has confirmed the shooting down of a Ukrainian drone over the Crimean Peninsula, while Russian forces have also attacked a military airport in Poltava, near Kharkiv. The Ministry released a statement through the news agency "Sputnik" stating that they had prevented a terrorist attack by the Ukrainian regime using a drone against Russian targets. The drone was intercepted over Crimea by Russian air defense systems. The Ukrainian army continues to launch drones and missiles towards southwest Russia on a daily basis, prompting President Putin to call for an expansion of the military operation in Ukraine to push back Ukrainian forces from Russian territories, particularly border areas under threat of missile attacks.
