Ukraine has tried unsuccessfully to strike the Crimean Bridge across the Kerch Strait with S-200 rockets, Russia's Defence Ministry says, adding no damage or casualties were caused.
The 19-kilometre bridge, which links Russian-annexed Crimea to Russia, has come under repeated attack from Ukrainian forces since Moscow launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
"The Ukrainian missile was detected in a timely manner and was intercepted in the air by Russian air defence systems," the ministry said in a statement.
"No damage or casualties were reported."
In a statement posted earlier on the Telegram messaging app, Russian-installed Crimea governor Sergei Aksyonov said two rockets had been downed by anti-aircraft defences near the bridge.
He also said the bridge was undamaged.
Footage circulating on Russian social media on Saturday appeared to show the bridge wreathed in smoke.
Reuters could not verify the footage.
Interfax news agency reported the bridge was briefly shut to traffic but that it later reopened.
Separately, Russian forces destroyed 20 Ukrainian drones launched onto the Crimean Peninsula earlier on Saturday, Russia's Defence Ministry said.
There were no casualties and no damage as a result of the drone attacks, the ministry said on Telegram.
It said 14 drones were destroyed by air defence systems and six were suppressed by electronic warfare.
Reuters could not independently verify the report.
It was not immediately clear what was targeted in those reported attacks on the Black Sea peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
Drone attacks on Russian-controlled territories in Ukraine and deep inside Russia have increased since a drone was destroyed over the Kremlin in early May.
Ukraine almost never publicly claims responsibility for the attacks but has said destroying Russia's military infrastructure is crucial for Kyiv's counteroffensive.
In Ukraine, officials said an elderly woman and a police officer were killed by Russian shelling on a settlement in Kharkiv region in eastern Ukraine and Zaporizhzhia in the south on Saturday.
One police officer was killed and 12 people, including four police officers, were injured in an attack on Orikhiv town in Zaporizhzhia region, interior minister Ihor Klymenko said on Telegram.
He said Russian troops used a guided aerial bomb.
An elderly woman was killed in a separate attack in Kharkiv.
"This morning, around 5.10, the enemy fired on Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi village in Kupiansk district," Kharkiv governor Oleh Synehubov said on the Telegram messaging app.
"A residential building was damaged.
"A 73-year-old woman died."
Reuters could not independently verify the details of the Ukrainian reports.
Eastern parts of the Kharkiv region and most of the Zaporizhzhia region are directly adjacent to the frontline, and Ukrainian forces have reported an increase in Russian attacks there in recent weeks.
Kharkiv regional authorities earlier this month announced the mandatory evacuation of civilians from settlements closest to the front line in Kupiansk district.
Ukrainian authorities said this week Russia attacked a "civilian infrastructure object" in Zaporizhzhia on Thursday evening.
Russia denies deliberately targeting civilians during its invasion of Ukraine.
