Moscow, Aug 28 : Russia’s air defense systems downed two Ukrainian drones over Crimea on Monday, the Defense Ministry said.
Earlier in the day, Crimean head Sergey Aksyonov said that two reconnaissance drones have been destroyed in the region.
“Today, at around 10.30 [07:30 am GMT], another attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by two aircraft-type UAVs on facilities in the territory of Russian have been thwarted. Two unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by deployed air defense over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,” the ministry said in a statement.