Russian-installed official in Crimea says air defences shot down three drones, attack ongoing

This photograph taken on January 1, 2023, shows an inside view of a damaged room at the regional Children’s Hospital after a Russian missile strike in the southern city of Kherson. Credit: AFP Photo

The Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol said on Monday that the city's air defences had downed three drones, and that they continued to repel an ongoing attack.

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Sevastopol, which is on the Crimean peninsula and was annexed by Russia in 2014, has come under repeated air attack since Russia invaded Ukraine in Febuary. Russian officials have blamed the attacks on Ukraine.

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