By Henri Astier BBC News Media caption, Footage appears to program smoke increasing from an location in Sevastopol where Russia’s Black Sea fleet is based Russian forces in Crimea haveactually been targeted by a fresh drone strike. The Russian-appointed local leader stated a Ukrainian drone targeting Russia’s Black Sea fleet in the city of Sevastopol was shot down on Saturday. It follows a string of attacks on Russian forces and setups in the annexed peninsula this month. Meanwhile Ukraine’s president has invited a offer permitting UN inspectors to checkout the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, evenmore north. Early on Saturday a video revealed smoke increasing from the location in Sevastopol where Russia’s Black Sea fleet is based. The BBC News has not been able to individually validate the video. The Russian-installed guv, Mikhail Razvozhayev, played down the severity of the event. He stated the fleet’s air defences hadactually been triggered and the Ukrainian drone damaged. “It fell on the roofing of the headoffice,” he stated. “There was no substantial damage and no-one was hurt.” Later on Saturday, Mr Razvozhayev stated anti-aircraft systems had onceagain
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