Ukraine attacked a key city on the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula with a missile attack on Saturday, a day after launching an attack on the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
Sevastopol, Crimea’s largest city and a major Black Sea port, was placed under air raid alert for about an hour Saturday morning as debris from intercepted Ukrainian missiles fell near a pier, the U.S.-appointed governor wrote. Russia, Mikhail Razvozhayev, in a Telegram post. .
The attack also halted ferry traffic in the area, which later resumed, and comes after at least nine people were killed and 16 injured in a missile attack on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters in the city. on Friday, Ukraine’s intelligence chief Kyrylo said. Budanov told Voice of America.
Budanov also claimed that Alexander Romanchuk, a Russian general in charge of forces along the war’s southeastern front line, was “in very serious condition” after the attack, although Romanchuk’s condition has not been confirmed.
The Russian Defense Ministry initially said Friday’s attack killed a service member at the Black Sea headquarters on Friday, but later said in a statement that he was missing.
Russia attacked Sevastopol, Crimea, with a missile attack on Saturday, a day after attacking the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the key city. AP
Friday’s attack consisted of a dozen attacks on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters, targeting areas where Russian personnel, military equipment and weapons were concentrated, according to the Ukrainian military, which said four artillery units and two systems of anti-aircraft missiles were hit. .
Crimea has been a frequent target for kyiv since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and has acted as a key hub for Moscow’s naval operations since the start of the war.
Attacks on the peninsula have intensified in recent weeks, as Ukraine’s counteroffensive slowly advances in the east and south of the country.
A satellite image shows smoke billowing from a Russian Black Sea Navy headquarters after a missile attack. Via REUTERS
Meanwhile, Ukraine said Russia launched 15 Iranian-made Shadeh drones along the front line in the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeast, although it said 14 of the drones were destroyed by the military.
Zaporizhzhia regional governor Yuri Malashko said that over the past day Russia launched 86 attacks on 27 settlements in the area, many of which were just a few kilometers from the fighting, killing an 82-year-old civilian.
Smoke rises over the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, Crimea.AP
Russian bombing also killed at least one person and wounded three others over the past day in the neighboring Kherson region, according to Governor Oleksandr Prokudin, who said Moscow launched at least 25 projectiles at the city of Kherson on the Dneiper River. , which marks the line between the two fighting forces.
Prokudin said the attacks hit residential areas, including educational and medical buildings, a prison, as well as government stations that have been serving food and drinks.
Amid the series of attacks, the general leading Ukraine’s counteroffensive said his troops had broken through Russian defenses in Verbove, a village in the Zaporizhzhia region of southern Ukraine, adding that he believes a even greater progress.
The Russian Defense Ministry initially said Friday’s attack killed a service member at the Black Sea headquarters on Friday, but later said in a statement that he was missing. AP
“On the left flank [near Verbove] “We have a big breakthrough and we continue to move forward,” Oleksandr Tarnavsky told CNN on Friday, although he said the counteroffensive is moving more slowly than he expected.
“Not as fast as expected, not like in the movies about World War II,” he said. “The main thing is not to lose this initiative (that we have). And well, not to lose it in practice, with actions.”
With Pole Wires.
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