Ukraine: Russia repels land and drone attacks, Moscow mobilisation plans, West running out of ammo

Moscow said on Wednesday it had thwarted a wave of Ukrainian drones, plus a landing attempt by Kyiv on Crimea. 

Thirty-one Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted over the regions of Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk bordering Ukraine, according to the Russian Defence Ministry. 

It did not release any information about potential casualties or damage.

Since the start of the Ukrainian counteroffensive in June, Moscow has accused Kyiv of attacking Russian territory almost every day - be it with drones, missiles or artillery. 

The Russian Defence Ministry also reported on Wednesday it had repulsed an attempted landing of Ukrainian forces on Crimea, annexed by Moscow in 2014. 

Soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces onboard a “fast military boat and three jet skis" were heading towards Cape Tarkhankout, in the northwest of the Black Sea peninsula, it claimed. 

This summer Moscow alleged several times it had destroyed Ukrainian military boats in the Black Sea that were sailing towards Crimea.

More men will not be called up to fight in the Russian army, as hundreds of thousands have signed up already this year, Sergei Shoigu claimed.

"There are no plans for an additional mobilisation," said the Russian Defence Minister on state television. "The armed forces have the necessary number of military personnel to conduct the special military operation."

He claimed more than 335,000 people have entered military service under "volunteer formations," with 50,000 signing contracts in September alone. 

Russia is trying to beef up its armed forces as the Ukraine war grows ever more attritional while incorporating fighters from the Wagner mercenary force. Shoigu's figures indicate Moscow has made significant steps towards these goals. 

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