Russian authorities said on Tuesday that they had shot down Ukrainian drones in Crimea the day before, a few days after a visit by President Vladimir Putin to this peninsula annexed by Moscow.
Monday evening, "
the anti-aircraft defense repelled a drone attack near the city of Djankoy, in Crimea
", declared in a statement the Russian Investigative Committee, the body responsible for the most important investigations.
“
The targets of all the downed drones were civilian infrastructure
,” he added.
An injured person
The governor installed by Moscow in Crimea, Sergei Aksionov, reported a person injured by the fall of debris from a drone shot down on a house and a store.
An adviser to Sergei Aksionov, Oleg Kryuchkov, accused the Ukrainian authorities of having carried out the attack in “
revenge
” for the annexation of Crimea by Moscow, a few days after his ninth birthday.
On Saturday, to mark this anniversary, Vladimir Putin made a surprise trip to Crimea.
He notably visited the Russian base in Sevastopol, the home port of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
In the process, the Russian president went to Mariupol, a Ukrainian port city conquered by Russian forces after a siege which reduced a large part of this city to ruins.
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Since the launch of Moscow's offensive against Ukraine, Crimea has repeatedly been the target of drone attacks.
In early March, Russia claimed to have repelled a “
massive attack
” by Ukrainian drones, reporting 10 aircraft shot down.
Russia has a military base in the Jankoy region.
In August 2022, this base was devastated by the explosion of an ammunition depot.
Moscow had ended up admitting “
sabotage
”.