Russian Defense Ministry: Boat destroyed tried to attack Crimea bridge

Russia’s Defense Ministry said early on Saturday that its forces had destroyed an unmanned Ukrainian boat being used in an attempt to attack the bridge linking the Crimean peninsula to the Russian mainland.

The ministry, in a post on Telegram, said the unmanned vessel had been “spotted and destroyed in time off the Black Sea coast” at about 11.15 p.m. (2015 GMT) on Friday.