SIMFEROPOL, May 1. /TASS/. A drone has been shot down in the west of Crimea, the republic’s governor Sergey Aksyonov wrote on his Telegram channel on Monday.

"A drone was downed by air defense forces in Crimea’s west," he said.

Aksyonov said in an interview with TASS in December the Ukrainian drones remained a threat to the region.