<p>Russian naval forces repelled a drone attack in the Bay of Sevastopol, where the Black Sea Fleet in headquartered, on the annexed Crimean peninsula, the Russian-installed leader of the area said on Saturday.</p>.<p>"Ships of the Black Sea Fleet repelled a drone attack in the waters of the Sevastopol Bay," the governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, said on Telegram.</p>.<p>"Nothing has been hit in the city. We remain calm. The situation is under control."</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/blackouts-in-kyiv-as-russia-pummels-ukraine-energy-grid-1156234.html" target="_blank">Blackouts in Kyiv as Russia pummels Ukraine energy grid</a></strong></p>.<p>Local officials said ferries and boats had temporarily stopped crossing the Bay of Sevastopol. Sevastopol is the largest city in Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.</p>.<p>Crimea was annexed into the Russian empire in the 18th century and was later a part of Russia within the Soviet Union until 1954, when it was handed to the Soviet Republic of Ukraine by Nikita Khrushchev.</p>
<p>Russian naval forces repelled a drone attack in the Bay of Sevastopol, where the Black Sea Fleet in headquartered, on the annexed Crimean peninsula, the Russian-installed leader of the area said on Saturday.</p>.<p>"Ships of the Black Sea Fleet repelled a drone attack in the waters of the Sevastopol Bay," the governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, said on Telegram.</p>.<p>"Nothing has been hit in the city. We remain calm. The situation is under control."</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/blackouts-in-kyiv-as-russia-pummels-ukraine-energy-grid-1156234.html" target="_blank">Blackouts in Kyiv as Russia pummels Ukraine energy grid</a></strong></p>.<p>Local officials said ferries and boats had temporarily stopped crossing the Bay of Sevastopol. Sevastopol is the largest city in Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.</p>.<p>Crimea was annexed into the Russian empire in the 18th century and was later a part of Russia within the Soviet Union until 1954, when it was handed to the Soviet Republic of Ukraine by Nikita Khrushchev.</p>