Ukraine war: Crimea 'attacked with drones and missiles' as tensions run high in Poland and Belarus

Two Ukrainian missiles were shot down on Saturday by Russian air defence over the Crimean Bridge, an important civilian and military infrastructure linking Russia to the annexed peninsula, the pro-Russian authorities announced.

"Two enemy missiles were shot down by air defence forces near the Kerch Strait. The Crimean bridge was not damaged", Crimean leader Sergei Aksionov said on Telegram.

The Defence Ministry also said it had foiled an attempted attack by Ukrainian drones targeting the Crimean peninsula.

"Last night (Friday to Saturday), the Kyiv regime's attempted terrorist attack by 20 drones against targets on the territory of the Crimean peninsula was foiled," the Defence Ministry said on Telegram.

Fourteen Ukrainian drones were destroyed by air defence systems and six others by electronic warfare, it added.

The attack caused no casualties or damage, the defence ministry added.

The news came after the Russian army announced on Friday that it had destroyed a Ukrainian drone in the west of Moscow, against a backdrop of increasing attacks of this type targeting the Russian capital.

The Russian army said that the drone was aimed at "a facility on Moscow territory", without giving details of the potential target of the aircraft.

Moscow's mayor had said earlier that the drone had crashed "without causing major damage" in a forest park on the banks of the Moskva river, which runs through the Russian capital.

More EU munitions arrive in Ukraine

The European Union has delivered 223,800 artillery shells to Ukraine, a spokesman announced on Friday.

In March, the EU approved a €2 billion plan to send Ukraine one million 155mm shells from member states' stocks this year and to finance joint purchases of ammunition for Kyiv.

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