OREANDA-NEWS The Aerospace Forces of Russia have stopped an attempt to land troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) from jet skis and boats in the Crimea. This was reported to journalists in the Russian Defense Ministry.

The Defense ministry said that the attack was conducted in the direction of Cape Tarkhankut.

In total, three jet skis and one speedboat with military personnel were involved in the attack attempt. It is not specified how many AFU fighters tried to attack Crimea.

"In the north-western part of the Black Sea, the actions of the Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft prevented an attempt to penetrate (...) the landing group," the Defense Ministry said.

A similar attack attempt was stopped on the night of September 10. Then the Russian military destroyed three boats with troops.