Sevastopol governor says Ukraine used Storm Shadow missiles in attack

May 27 (Reuters) - Air defence ‌units in ​the ​port of Sevastopol in Russian-occupied Crimea downed more than 20 Ukrainian drones early on Wednesday, with Ukraine also ‌using Storm Shadow missiles, the city's governor said on ⁠Telegram.

There were no injuries, according to preliminary data, Mikhail Razvozhayev said, adding ‌that a few buildings, including ‌a regional office of the central bank and an eight-story apartment block, were damaged in the attack.

Storm Shadow missiles are ​made by a Franco-British consortium. Russia, which annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, has previously summoned the British and ⁠French ambassadors to protest Ukraine's use of the weapons.

There was no comment from Ukraine on ​the attacks. On Monday, Ukraine's military said it used Storm Shadow missiles to destroy a Russian command-and-control ​and communications post in Russian-controlled territory ‌in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region.

Separately, two people were wounded in the southern Russian port city of ⁠Taganrog, east of the border with Ukraine, after Russia downed a missile early on Wednesday, Taganrog Mayor Svetlana Kambulova said on Telegram.

Overall, Russia ⁠downed 140 drones overnight, Interfax news agency said, citing the defence ministry.

Russian strikes ​on Ukraine's southern city of Zaporizhzhia have wounded 15 people in the past 24 hours, and a further six people were wounded in the ‌Dnipropetrovsk region, local authorities said on Telegram.

Ukraine's air force reported that Russia had launched 163 drones ‌at the country since 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT) on Tuesday.

Reuters ⁠could not independently verify ‌reports of military activity.

(Reporting ​by Jekaterīna Golubkova in Tokyo; additional reporting by Anna Pruchnicka in Gdansk; Editing by Lincoln Feast and ‌Jan Harvey)

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