A general view of the Crimean Bridge which connects Russian-occupied Crimea and Russia's Krasnodar region on July 25, 2023. (Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Sergei Aksyonov, head of the illegal Russian occupation government in Ukraine's Crimea, claimed on Sept. 9 that air defense had destroyed three drones over the Crimean peninsula.
According to Aksyonov, the drones were downed in Crimea’s west and northwest.
The Kyiv Independent couldn't immediately verify this claim.
Reports of drone attacks in occupied Crimea have increased in recent weeks. On Aug. 16, Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) officially claimedcreditfor a July 17 strike on the Crimean Bridge, carried out with an experimental sea drone.
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