Russia accuses Ukraine of bombing Russian fleet HQ in Crimea

This Ukrainian peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014, and the city of Sevastopol, where the Russian fleet is located, are central to the Russian operation in Ukraine, as they supply troops stationed in the south of the country and are a base for launching missile bombardments. coming from the sea.

A few hours after the attack, the Ukrainian Army claimed success in a bombing raid against the Russian fleet headquarters in the Black Sea.

The Russian-appointed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvojaiev, reported that the headquarters suffered “a missile attack”, which caused a fire, according to him. The operation to control the flames continues.

At first, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that a soldier had died in the bombing, but later specified that the man was reported “missing” and that the facilities were “damaged”.

Faced with fears of more attacks, authorities asked the population to remain sheltered and then lifted the alert in the early afternoon.

Five missiles were shot down over Crimea, the Russian army said.

Disrupt logistics

A few hours after the bombing of Crimea, Russian authorities announced an unprecedented cyber attack against its Internet providers that caused service interruptions.

“We are correcting Internet interruptions on the peninsula,” Oleg Kriuchkov, advisor to the Moscow-appointed authority in this territory, reported on Telegram, without specifying whether this attack is related to the bombings.

In recent weeks, Ukraine has multiplied drone and missile attacks in Crimea in an attempt to disrupt the Russian supply chain and end Russian military supremacy in the Black Sea.

In eastern Ukraine, Russian occupation authorities reported today that Kiev forces launched several coordinated attacks.

“In the last 24 hours, the enemy launched a series of actions” in the direction of Liman, Denis Pushilin, appointed by Russia to command the Donetsk region, reported on social media.

Pushilin said that the situation in Bakhmut is “hot” and that the area is under “chaotic shelling”.

This location in Russian hands is a key point in the offensive and is devastated after the fierce fighting. The Ukrainian army has claimed advances in recent days, announcing that it has taken Andriivka and Klishchiivka and that it has broken through a Russian defense line near Bakhmut.

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