“Today, around 8:00 am, enemy units attacked the drilling platforms of Chornomorneftegaz,” he said in a video message.
The Crimean authorities are in contact with the Ministry of Defense and the FSB, Aksyonov said.
“First of all, we are working on saving people, there were 12 of them ... At this moment, five people were picked up, three of them were injured.
The search for the rest continues,” the head of the republic added.
The Ministry of Defense provides for the rescue operation with the participation of patrol ships and aviation, he concluded.
In early June, Sergei Aksyonov warned the Ukrainian authorities against attempts to launch a missile attack on the peninsula.