May 27 (Reuters) – Air defence units in the port of Sevastopol in Russian-occupied Crimea downed more than 20 Ukrainian drones early on Wednesday, with Ukraine also using Storm Shadow missiles, the city’s governor said on Telegram.
There were no injuries, according to preliminary data, Mikhail Razvozhayev said, adding that a few buildings, including a regional office of the central bank and an eight-story apartment block, were damaged in the attack.
Storm Shadow missiles are made by a Franco-British consortium. Russia, which annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, has previously summoned the British and French ambassadors to protest Ukraine’s use of the weapons.
There was no comment from Ukraine on the attacks. On Monday, Ukraine’s military said it used Storm Shadow missiles to destroy a Russian command-and-control and communications post in Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region.
Separately, two people were wounded in the southern Russian port city of Taganrog, east of the border with Ukraine, after Russia downed a missile early on Wednesday, Taganrog Mayor Svetlana Kambulova said on Telegram.
Overall, Russia downed 140 drones overnight, Interfax news agency said, citing the defence ministry.
Russian strikes on Ukraine’s southern city of Zaporizhzhia have wounded 15 people in the past 24 hours, and a further six people were wounded in the Dnipropetrovsk region, local authorities said on Telegram.
Ukraine’s air force reported that Russia had launched 163 drones at the country since 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT) on Tuesday.
Reuters could not independently verify reports of military activity.
(Reporting by Jekaterīna Golubkova in Tokyo; additional reporting by Anna Pruchnicka in Gdansk; Editing by Lincoln Feast and Jan Harvey)
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