SIMFEROPOL, Aug. 30 The air defense system destroyed a Ukrainian cruise missile in the sky over Crimea, said the head of the republic, Sergei Aksyonov.
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" Air defense in the eastern part of Crimea shot down a cruise missile,» he wrote on his Telegram channel.
Aksenov urged to remain calm and trust only official sources of information.
In turn, the adviser to the head of the Crimea, Oleg Kryuchkov, specified that the grass caught fire on the ground from the fragments of the rocket, and the power line was also damaged. According to him, the consequences will be eliminated within an hour. EMERCOM crews are working at the scene.
Later, the Ministry of Defense confirmed the information about the downed missile. They also reported the elimination of two drones over the Bryansk region.
AFU regularly try to attack objects in the Crimea. So, the day before, the Russian military intercepted and destroyed two drones over the Black Sea.
On the night of last Friday, the Kiev regime tried to attack Crimea using 42 drones. Of these, 33 were suppressed by means of electronic warfare, another nine were shot down.
In addition, on August 19, the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to attack the peninsula using the S-200 anti-aircraft missile converted into a strike version. The projectile was detected and intercepted in a timely manner.
As Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, said on Monday, Western partners support Kiev in destroying «everything Russian», including coordinated strikes on Crimea.