April 8 (Reuters) – A missile fired from Ukrainian territory was shot down over the city of Feodosia in the Russian-controlled Crimea region, the Moscow-installed head of the Crimean administration said on Saturday.
Russia forcibly annexed Crimea in 2014 after a pro-Moscow Ukrainian president was ousted amid massive street protests. kyiv has vowed to recapture the Black Sea peninsula along with the rest of the Ukrainian territory occupied by Russian forces.
“A missile launched from Ukraine was shot down over Feodosia,” Sergei Aksyonov said on Telegram, without giving details about the type of projectile in question.
The Russian news agency TASS quoted an adviser to Aksyonov, Oleg Kryuchkov, as saying debris had fallen in a Crimean town, but no damage or casualties had been reported.
Reuters could not immediately verify the reports and it was unclear how Ukraine could have attempted such an attack.
Feodosia, located to the east of Crimea, is almost 300 kilometers from the nearest Ukrainian-controlled area. kyiv, which had no immediate comment on Saturday, is not publicly known to possess missiles with that range.
Russian officials based in Crimea have previously accused Ukrainian forces of drone strikes, though kyiv has typically refrained from claiming responsibility.
The US-supplied HIMARS rockets used by Ukraine have a range of 80 kilometers (50 miles). Washington has promised to supply GLSDB guided smart bombs, which have a range of 150 kilometers (93 miles), but kyiv has yet to confirm receipt.
In late March, Russia claimed to have shot down a US-supplied GLSDB smart guided bomb fired by Ukrainian forces for the first time, without disclosing where. (Reuters reporting; Editing in Spanish by Ricardo Figueroa)
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