Posted on Sep 13, 2023
Russian warships hit in major attack on Black Sea base
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A Ukrainian attack set the home of Russia's Black Sea Fleet ablaze on Wednesday, damaging two warships and injuring dozens of people, Russian authorities said.
The incident appeared to be the latest in a growing wave of strikes against the Kremlin's navy, but also came as Moscow hit a key Ukrainian port city in the Odesa region with a drone attack.
Sevastopol is the largest city on the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula and the port serves as the main base of the Russian fleet, which has been used to launch attacks deep into Ukraine.
The Russian defense ministry said Ukraine had attacked a shipyard in the port city with ten cruise missiles and used sea drones to attack some ships in the sea. The ministry said seven cruise missiles were shot down, and all sea drones were destroyed.
Two ships that were being repaired in the shipyard were damaged, the ministry said. It added in a later update that the two ships will be fully restored and "will continue to serve in combat as part of their fleets."
A press officer with Ukrainian military intelligence told NBC News that a landing ship and a submarine were hit.
The incident appeared to be the latest in a growing wave of strikes against the Kremlin's navy, but also came as Moscow hit a key Ukrainian port city in the Odesa region with a drone attack.
Sevastopol is the largest city on the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula and the port serves as the main base of the Russian fleet, which has been used to launch attacks deep into Ukraine.
The Russian defense ministry said Ukraine had attacked a shipyard in the port city with ten cruise missiles and used sea drones to attack some ships in the sea. The ministry said seven cruise missiles were shot down, and all sea drones were destroyed.
Two ships that were being repaired in the shipyard were damaged, the ministry said. It added in a later update that the two ships will be fully restored and "will continue to serve in combat as part of their fleets."
A press officer with Ukrainian military intelligence told NBC News that a landing ship and a submarine were hit.
Russian warships hit in major attack on Black Sea base
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Can't help but wonder if the damage done isn't greater than Russia is saying
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Patricia Overmeyer
Well this ship is pretty much toast. This was on the OSINT Twitter feed. Can't wait to see what the sub looks like. And true to Russian form, right after the Storm Shadows hit the authorities put out a notice that there were large bands of roving saboteurs in Sevastopol. So one group of Russian police officers opened fire on another group of Russians soldiers, resulting in four dead and several wounded.
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Here's a nice update on the attack in Sevastopol. Still no images of the sub...but then maybe it decided to go live with the Muscov as a living tribute to rebuilding the sea life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzXRLPxBELE&t=106s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzXRLPxBELE&t=106s
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This is good to see. The spin from the Kremlin will eventually have to show the reality of the situation on the ground, which will further turn the Russians against Putin.
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