Asked whether he believed Ukraine could take Crimea from Russia, a plan repeatedly raised by Kiev, Polish President Andrzej Duda said: "It is difficult to answer such a question, but I must say that from a historical perspective, most of the time it is. The peninsula belonged to Russia.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported this morning on Friday, August 25, that the country's army has so far shot down 42 Ukrainian drones during the "rare" attack by Ukrainian forces on the Crimean peninsula.