MOSCOW, July 18, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Russia downed 33 Ukrainian aerial drones overnight over Crimea, Moscow's defence ministry said Thursday, as well as 10 naval drones that were heading for the peninsula.

"Air defence systems on duty destroyed and intercepted 33 aerial drones over... Crimea," the ministry said in a Telegram post, adding that forces "in the Black Sea destroyed 10 naval drones that were heading towards the Crimean peninsula".