The Russian Ministry of Defense has assured that it has thwarted a night attack with maritime drones on Friday against the naval base in the city of Novorosiysk, where one of the main Russian ports on the Black Sea is located. “Tonight, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have tried to attack the Novorosiysk naval base with two unmanned ships. In the process of repelling the attack, the unmanned ships have been detected and destroyed by fire from the Russian ships guarding the area outside the naval base,” reads a ministry statement posted on its Telegram channel.