JAKARTA - Russia said on Sunday it managed to intercept nine drones aboard the Crimean Peninsula and one over the small town of Sudzha in the southern region of Kursk, something that has recently happened in the country or in Moscow-controlled territory.
Five drones were shot down and four others jammed, so it missed their target in Dzhankoi, Crimea, a Russian-placed official on the peninsula Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
Meanwhile, another drone that Ukraine launched aboard Sudzha on the same day was also successfully brought down, the Kursk regional governor, which borders Ukraine on the Telegram messaging app, told Reuters on June 5.
There were no casualties in Sunday's drone strike, officials said. In Dzhankoi, windows in several houses broke out, Sergei Aksyonov, head of Russia-backed Crimean government, said on the Telegram messaging app.
He added that one drone that did not explode was found in the area of a residence, forcing temporary evacuation of about 50 people in the area.
The attack comes after several attacks on Russia's border areas Belgorod and domestic oil infrastructure, as well as drone strikes on Moscow's elite districts earlier this week.
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Kyiv denies attacking Moscow, with Ukraine almost never publicly claiming responsibility for attacks elsewhere in Russia and in Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine.
It is known, Russia has a military air base near Dzhankoi. Ukrainian officials have long said the city and its surrounding areas have turned into Moscow's largest military base in Crimea.
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