(Moscow) The Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, controlled by Russia, was targeted by a drone attack on Tuesday, the Russian forces there being “on alert”, said the authorities installed by the Kremlin.
“There is an attack with drones,” the governor of the Sevastopol administrative region in Crimea, installed by Moscow, Mikhail Razvojayev, said on Telegram. “Our air defense forces are working right now.”
He said two drones had “already been shot down”.
Mikhail Razvozhayev added that no civilian infrastructure had been damaged and called on residents to “stay calm. »
Russia’s Black Sea Fleet based in the port of Sevastopol, Crimea, came under attack in what authorities called a “massive” drone attack.
The attack, which damaged at least one of its ships, led Moscow to briefly withdraw from the historic grain deal in Ukraine.
Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 and Kyiv aims to reconquer it.
Its Russian forces attacked Ukraine from several directions on February 24, including from Crimea.
The region’s Moscow-appointed governor said last week authorities were strengthening their positions on the peninsula as Kyiv forces reclaim territory in the neighboring Kherson region.