Russia claims to have downed Ukrainian drone in Crimea
Russian authorities claimed they shot down a Ukrainian drone on Saturday in Crimea.
Ukrainian officials said Russian forces continue to attempt to seize one of the few cities in eastern Ukraine not already under their control.
The Russian military has also kept up its strikes in Ukraine's north and south.
In Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, Russian authorities said local air defences shot down a drone above the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol.
It was the second drone incident at the headquarters in three weeks and followed explosions at a Russian airfield and ammunition depot on the peninsula this month.
Oleg Kryuchkov, an aide to Crimea's governor, also said on Saturday that "attacks by small drones" triggered air-defence systems in western Crimea.
"Air defence systems successfully hit all targets over the territory over Crimea on Saturday morning. There are no casualties or material damage," his boss, Sergei Aksyonov, said on Telegram, the instant online messaging service.
Sevastopol governor Mikhail Razvozhaev said on Telegram that the city's air-defence systems were called into action again late on Saturday.
Watch: Speculation over explosions that rocked Russia's largest airbases in Crimea.
The incidents underlined Russian forces' vulnerability in Crimea. A drone attack on Russia's Black Sea naval headquarters on 31 July injured five people and forced the cancellation of observances of Russia's Navy Day.
This week, a Russian ammunition depot in Crimea was hit by an explosion. Last week, nine Russian warplanes were reported destroyed at an airbase in Crimea.
Ukrainian authorities have stopped short of publicly claiming responsibility. But president Volodymyr Zelensky alluded to Ukrainian attacks behind enemy lines after the blasts in Crimea.
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