Russia Thwarts Ukrainian Missile Attacks In The Black Sea

MOSCOW - Russia on Saturday (6/1) said that Ukraine's efforts to launch Neptune's anti-ship missiles in the Black Sea had been thwarted.

"The Kiev regime's efforts to launch a terrorist attack using Neptune's anti-ship missiles against targets in the Russian Federation region were thwarted at around 5 pm Moscow time," the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

Russia's air defense system detected and destroyed six Ukrainian missiles in the northwest of the Black Sea, according to the statement.

The ministry on Friday announced that Ukraine had tried to carry out attacks with Neptune missiles in the northwestern Black Sea.