Russia intercepted nine US ATACMS missiles overnight over Crimea and also shot down a Ukrainian drone over the peninsula, the Defence Ministry said in a post on Telegram on Sunday. It added that three drones were intercepted and destroyed over the Russian region of Belgorod near the border and a further 57 over the Krasnodar region. The information could not initially be independently verified. The ATACMS, or Army Tactical Missile System, is a conventional surface-to-surface weapon that has a longer range than other weapons, such as cannons or rockets. Moscow annexed Ukraine’s Crimea in 2014 i…