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1. VARIOUS OF POV SHOTS OF DRONES STRIKING HELICOPTERS, VESSELS HVARDIISKE, CRIMEA - SEPT. 1, 2025: Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (HUR) said on Sunday, Aug. 31, that its special units carried out drone strikes on military facilities in Russian-occupied Crimea.

According to the statement, two Russian Mi-8 helicopters were hit at an airbase in Hvardiiske, near Simferopol, while a tugboat, reportedly the Buk-2190, was struck in Sevastopol Bay.

The agency estimated the cost of the damaged helicopters at between $20 million and $30 million. Russia has not yet commented on the claims.

Crimea was annexed by Russia in 2014.

Russia started its "special military operation" in Ukraine in February 2022 to "denazify" and "demilitarize" Ukraine.

According to its memorandum for the settlement of the conflict, Moscow has demanded a ban on Kyiv joining military alliances and withdrawal of Ukraine's troops from Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson, the regions it annexed after a referendum in September 2022, among others.

Ukraine has called the terms an "ultimatum" and has called for a ceasefire as a prerequisite for meaningful talks.