Russian governor of Crimea Sergei Aksyonov takes part in a ceremony marking the ninth anniversary of the Crimean referendum at the monument to the so-called "Polite People" or the Russian service members, who enhanced security during Russia's annexation of Crimea, in Simferopol, Crimea, March 16, 2023.  REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak/file photo
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Russian air defences take down 2 Ukrainian drones over Crimea

Russian air defences downed two Ukrainian drones over Russian-annexed Crimea on Monday, Sergei Aksyonov, the Russian-appointed head of the region, wrote on the Telegram messaging app.

(Reuters) - Russian air defences downed two Ukrainian drones over Russian-annexed Crimea on Monday, Sergei Aksyonov, the Russian-appointed head of the region, wrote on the Telegram messaging app.

He said one drone was downed in the northern part of the Black Sea peninsula, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014, and the other one in the west.

(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Gareth Jones)

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