A Ukrainian missile attack has killed two people near Crimea’s Simferopol, the head of the Russian-annexed territory has said

Sergei Aksyonov said the missile hit an empty building near Alushta on the peninsula’s Black Sea coast.

It came as Russia’s defence ministry claimed that their air defences had intercepted three US-donated long-range Atacms missiles over Crimea, reported TASS news agency. Three Ukrainian sea drones firing towards the peninsula were also struck by Moscow’s forces, the ministry further claimed. 

Ukraine has not issued an official statement.

Unofficial Ukrainian military bloggers reported a number of targets had been hit throughout the peninsula.

Russian bloggers on the peninsula wrote that not all incoming missiles had been intercepted. 

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