"At night, in the east of Crimea, air defense forces shot down nine UAVs, another 19 were suppressed by electronic warfare. There were no casualties," Aksenov said on Telegram.
The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed later on Tuesday that its forces had repelled the attack of 28 drones on Crimea.
"An attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using 28 unmanned aerial vehicles on objects on the territory of the Crimean Peninsula was thwarted this night," the defense ministry said.
There are no casualties or damage as a result of the attempted attack, the ministry added.
On Monday, the Russian National Anti-Terrorism Committee said that Kiev carried out a terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge using two underwater drones. The road part of the bridge was damaged, two adults were killed, and one child was injured.