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Russian proxy claims almost 30 drones downed over Crimea

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The Russia-installed proxy head of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov claimed on July 18 that 28 drones were eliminated over the occupied peninsula overnight.

"At night in eastern Crimea, air defenses shot down nine unmanned aerial vehicles, and 19 more were neutralized with electronic warfare means. There are no causalities," Aksyonov wrote on Telegram.

The Kyiv Independent is unable to verify Aksyonov's claims.

The same night, Russian forces launched waves of drone attacks against southern Ukraine from the direction of the Black Sea. The Ukrainian military reported 21 Shahed kamikaze drones destroyed over Odesa Oblast and four over Mykolaiv Oblast.

Since August 2022, explosions and fires have regularly been reported on the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula. Ukrainian authorities have repeatedly vowed to return Crimea to Ukraine, occupied by Russia since 2014.

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Martin Fornusek

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Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He was also volunteering as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukraïner. Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.

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