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Two Ukraine missiles shot down over Crimea bridge: pro-Russia official

12 Aug 2023 06:57pm
A handout picture taken and released on August 9, 2023 by Ukrainian Emergency Service shows a damaged church after Russian missiles struck Zaporizhzhia. Ukraine said on August 9, 2023 that a strike killed two people in the southern frontline city of Zaporizhzhia. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN EMERGENCY SERVICE / AFP)
A handout picture taken and released on August 9, 2023 by Ukrainian Emergency Service shows a damaged church after Russian missiles struck Zaporizhzhia. Ukraine said on August 9, 2023 that a strike killed two people in the southern frontline city of Zaporizhzhia. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN EMERGENCY SERVICE / AFP)
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MOSCOW - Russia air defence forces shot down two Ukrainian missiles over a bridge connecting Moscow-annexed Crimea to the Russian mainland, an official said on Saturday.

"Air defence forces shot down two enemy missiles over the Kerch Strait. The Crimean bridge was not damaged," Sergei Aksyonov, the Russian-installed governor of the Crimean peninsula, said on social media.

He urged locals to remain calm.

Pictures on social media showed columns of smoke rising in the vicinity of the bridge.

Earlier Saturday Russia said that its forces shot down 20 unmanned Ukrainian drones near the Crimean peninsula where Kyiv has stepped up attacks.

Fourteen drones were downed by air defence systems and six more through electronic warfare, the defence ministry said.

Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014, has been targeted by Kyiv throughout Moscow's Ukraine offensive but has come under more intense, increased attacks in recent weeks.

Kyiv has repeatedly said it plans to take Crimea back and has also targeted the Crimea bridge, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's pet projects. - AFP

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