Russian Defense Ministry announced on Friday that it intercepted and downed five Ukrainian drones in the Black Sea and two drone boats that were heading towards the Crimean Peninsula.

" Over the past 24 hours, the Kiev regime attempted to carry out a terrorist attack using drones on targets in Russian territory. Air defense operating system downed 5 drones over the Black Sea, as well as destroying two boats heading towards the Crimean Peninsula”, Sputnik news agency quoted the Ministry as saying in a statement.

On an almost daily basis, Ukrainian forces target with drones and missiles the Russian border areas in the Crimean, while Russian air defenses confront and shoot down most of them.