Russian authorities said Tuesday they shot down Ukrainian drones in Crimea on Monday, days after a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Moscow-annexed peninsula.
“Planes repelled a drone attack [aparelhos voadores não-tripulados] near the Crimean town of Dzhankoy,” they said in a statement.
“The targets of all the downed drones were civilian infrastructure,” they added.
The Dzhankoy authorities declared a municipal state of emergency after the attack.
Crimean Governor Sergei Aksionov said one person was injured when parts of a downed drone fell on a house and a shop.
On Saturday, to mark the anniversary of the annexation, Vladimir Putin made a surprise trip to Crimea, visiting the Russian base in Sevastopol, the home port of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
The Russian president then traveled to Mariupol, a Ukrainian port city conquered by Russian forces after a siege reduced much of the city to rubble.
Since the launch of Moscow’s offensive against Ukraine, Crimea has been the target of several drone strikes.
In early March, Russia claimed to have repelled a “massive attack” by Ukrainian drones, adding that ten were shot down.
Russia has a military base in the Djankoi region. In August 2022, the base was devastated by an explosion at an ammunition depot, following an act of sabotage that Moscow later admitted.
Source: TSF
