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Ukraine Claims Missile Strikes on Russian Black Sea Fleet Warships

Ukraine’s army claimed on Sunday to have hit two Black Sea warships close to Crimea in addition to having struck a communications centre utilized by the Russian Navy in Sevastopol.

Two Russian Navy ships stationed off the Crimean peninsula have been hit by missile strikes, the strategic command of the Ukrainian Army claimed in a publish on social media. Additionally, a Russian naval communications centre in Sevastopol was hit in the course of the barrage.

The facility reportedly beforehand served because the headquarters for the Ukrainian Black Sea fleet earlier than Moscow illegally annexed the territory in 2014.

“Ukraine’s defence force successfully hit Russian large landing ships Yamal and Azov, a communications centre, as well as several infrastructure facilities of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation in the temporarily occupied Sevastopol,” Ukrainian StratCom said in a press release.

Mikail Razvozhayev, the Russian-installed governor of Crimea confirmed on Sunday that a number of missiles have been fired from Ukraine at Sevastopol. Razvozhayev didn’t affirm the strikes on the warships or the communications centre, however mentioned that the missile assault was “the most massive one in recent times”.

The Russian official mentioned that floor defences managed to shoot down 10 missiles. However, Razvozhayev claimed {that a} 65-year-old man was killed as a projectile hit his residence and {that a} additional 4 folks suffered shrapnel wounds.

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According to a report from London’s Daily Telegraph, the missiles used within the assaults are believed to have been Storm Shadows equipped to Ukraine from the United Kingdom.

The broadsheet famous that the missiles have a spread of greater than 155 miles and might fly below the radar, thereby giving Ukraine the flexibility to strike at targets effectively past the entrance line.

Ukraine has beforehand used unmanned sea drones to assault Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. Last month, Ukraine’s armed forces claimed to have sunk the Russian touchdown ship Caesar Kunikov off the coast of Crimea with explosive-laden remote-controlled sea boats.

Two weeks prior, the Ukrainian army launched footage purporting to point out the destruction of the Cold War-era Tarantul missile corvette Russian assault ship being struck by sea drones.

The newest strikes on Crimea got here as Russia launched a “massive” wave of missile strikes on Ukraine, together with on the capital metropolis of Kyiv. There have been no casualties reported.