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Crimea
Aug 12, 2023 17:26:11 GMT
Post by Admin on Aug 12, 2023 17:26:11 GMT
Russian officials say multiple missiles were shot down over the crucial bridge connecting the annexed Crimea to the mainland on Saturday, the latest in a series of apparent Ukrainian attacks in the region.
The bridge is one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s pet projects and has frequently been targeted as a hated symbol of occupation.
Two Ukrainian missiles were shot down on Saturday afternoon, the Russia-appointed Head of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov wrote in a post on Telegram, adding that the bridge was undamaged.
Photos and videos circulating on social media platforms showed white smoke billowing from the bridge. CNN has not independently verified the images.
An update from Aksyonov said later Saturday that another Ukrainian missile had been shot down in the area.
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Crimea
Sept 13, 2023 19:08:43 GMT
Post by Admin on Sept 13, 2023 19:08:43 GMT
Ukraine has said it attacked naval targets and port infrastructure in Crimea, in one of its biggest strikes on the Russian navy's Black Sea fleet. Russia earlier claimed Ukraine had launched 10 missiles and three unmanned boats in the attack. It caused a large fire at a Sevastopol shipyard which left 24 people injured, Russia said. The Moscow-installed governor claimed most of the weapons were intercepted but that two ships had been damaged. Ukraine has strongly implied western-supplied cruise missiles were used in the attack, one of the biggest on the Black Sea fleet since the war started. Unmanned vessels, known by many different names including sea drones and drone boats, operate on or below the water. They usually have built-in explosives and cameras that feed directly back to the person controlling them. A photo shared by Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev on Telegram shows flames engulfing what appears to be a ship at a port as he stands speaking into his phone. It is thought to be in an area where ships were undergoing repairs. A large landing ship, named the Minsk, and a submarine, called the Rostov-on-Don - both thought to be in dry dock - are said to have been damaged. This makes it one of Ukraine's most significant attacks so far on the Black Sea fleet. According to state-run Ria Novosti news agency, the Russian defence ministry said both vessels will be fully repaired and continue in normal service.
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Crimea
Sept 23, 2023 0:02:27 GMT
Post by Admin on Sept 23, 2023 0:02:27 GMT
Crimea has been struck by an "unprecedented" cyberattack in the wake of a missile strike on the Black Sea fleet headquarters in Sevastopol, according to an official.
The outage has not been verified and it is not clear what could have caused it.
Military analyst Sean Bell gives his reaction.
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Crimea
Mar 25, 2024 14:25:57 GMT
Post by Admin on Mar 25, 2024 14:25:57 GMT
New attack on Crimea On the night of Sunday, March 24, the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck Sevastopol, occupied by Russian troops. Local residents reported numerous explosions. A little later, it was reported that two landing ships and a communications center of the Black Sea fleet were hit. It was unclear how true this was, since no videos or photos from the site appeared on the network. However, now the consequences of the Ukrainian strike can be assessed using satellite images. The first pair was published by the Radio Liberty project Schemes (Skhemy). The images are dated March 21 and 24, and they clearly show the same communication center. The first photo shows the whole building, but the second one shows that its roof has collapsed. According to representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, there were several dozen occupiers in the communication center. All of them are dead or injured. This center played an important role in coordinating the work of the Black Sea Fleet. Now, according to the Ukrainian military, the occupiers’ management system is not working, but they are trying to restore it. Have the Yamal and Azov been sunk? With the defeat of the large landing ships Yamal and Azov, everything is much more complicated. The only satellite image of them available at that moment was published by independent OSINT investigator Tyler Rogovey on his X page (former Twitter). There is only one image, and it is supposedly dated March 24, although there is no indication of this in the image. There is no certainty in media reports about how badly the enemy ships are damaged. Some of them report their sinking, some only report damage. The image clearly shows the Sevastopol Bay and both ships afloat. However, there are signs of damage next to both ships. One is on the pier, and the other is on the floating dock. Dark spots are visible near both ships, which may well be oil leaks. In addition, several tugboats are visible next to the ship, which is located near the floating dock. According to the same Rogovey, they were in the parking lot at the time of the strike, because the Russians stopped all operations on the Black Sea after the sinking of the ship Sergei Kotov on March 8. The damage to the ships is not visible in the photo, but this does not mean anything. Judging by the tracks, the hit was near them, therefore, they could have received serious damage from the debris. At the same time, the traces of damage on the dock and the pier are quite weak, so there is a suspicion that the strike was not inflicted by Storm Shadow, but by something that has a much smaller caliber.
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