Contents tagged with Sevastopol
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Coordinated maritime drone attacks target Novorossiysk and Sevastopol
Novorossiysk was subjected to an assault by unmanned vessels on the morning of Thursday, July 18, reported the city's mayor, Andrey Kravchenko. Early in the morning, the mayor wrote on his Telegram channel that due to the attack, a siren was sounding in Novorossiysk, urging residents near the shoreline to take cover in rooms where the windows do not face the sea.
At 7:24 AM Moscow time, Kravchenko announced that the unmanned vessel attack signal had been cancelled and that residents of …
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Sevastopol missile strike causes significant drop in Crimea tourism bookings
Tour bookings to the annexed Crimea have fallen by 25-30 percent in the week following a missile strike by Ukrainian forces on Sevastopol, as reported by the Russian Union of Travel Industry. The organization stated on Monday, 1 July, that overall sales trends remain positive and significantly ahead of last year's data.
Sales of travel packages to the Russian-occupied Ukrainian peninsula have seen a week-on-week increase of 24 percent compared to 2023 figures. Before the missile strike by …
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Russian Foreign Ministry condemns US over Sevastopol attack, threatens retaliation
US Ambassador Lynne Tracy was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, where she was issued a formal protest concerning the attack on Sevastopol, which the Russian Defence Ministry claims was carried out by Ukrainian armed forces using American long-range ATACMS missiles.
"It was emphasized that the United States, which is waging a hybrid war against Russia and has effectively become a party to the conflict by supplying the most advanced weapons to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including ATACMS …
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Ukrainian Forces sink Russian missile ship in Sevastopol using ATACMS missiles
A Russian small missile ship, the Tsiklone, has been reportedly sunk at its berth in Sevastopol following an attack by ATACMS missiles, according to Russian media sources. The incident, reported by Russian news outlet ASTRA, took place as the ship was docked .
Reports indicated that six servicemen of the Russian Black Sea Fleet lost their lives, and eleven more were injured due to the missile strike. Confirmations of another missile carrier's absence in the annexed Crimea surfaced following …
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Ukrainian Navy sinks Russian minesweeper in Sevastopol
In the early hours of May 19, a vessel from the Russian Federation’s Black Sea Fleet, the minesweeper 266-M "Kovrovets", was sunk in the Russian-occupied Sevastopol. The Ukrainian Navy officially reported the destruction of the Russian ship.
"The Ukrainian Navy, along with our brothers-in-arms, continues to bring us closer to victory," the statement reads.
Residents of Sevastopol reported significant explosions near the Engineering Bay during the night. This led to rumors of multiple strikes …
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Ukraine's intelligence agencies launch joint drone strikes on Russian Black Sea Fleet facilities
The operation targeted ships and other vessels of the Russian Black Sea Fleet at their base locations in Sevastopol and Novorossiysk.
Ukraine's Defence Intelligence Directorate (GUR) and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) carried out a joint attack on several Russian military installations in Novorossiysk and the temporarily occupied Sevastopol on the night of Friday, May 17, reported Ukrainska Pravda, citing sources within the intelligence agencies.
The strikes involved drones exclusively …
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Ukrainian missile strike targets Sevastopol, hits rescue vessel and possibly a landing ship
Ukraine has launched a missile strike on a Russian military port in the occupied city of Sevastopol. On the morning of Sunday, April 21, residents of Sevastopol were jolted awake by the sounds of air-raid sirens and explosions, as the port was targeted.
Around 9 am local time, social media in Sevastopol was flooded with messages from alarmed residents reporting loud explosions. Coinciding with these reports was the news of the emergency closure of the Kerch Bridge.
Mikhail Razvozhayev, the …
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Explosions in Sevastopol and Yevpatoriya as Ukraine strikes Russian military targets in Crimea
On Thursday, January 4th, at around 16:00, several explosions were heard in Crimea, including around ten in Sevastopol and a few in Yevpatoriya, reported the news outlet Krym. Realii onTelegram.
Initially, the governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, stated that the attack was carried out by Ukrainian military forces and "several aerial targets" were destroyed. He urged residents not to film the work of the Russian air defense and to stay in safe places.
A little later, he mentioned the …
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Kyiv: Ukrainian Armed Forces strike strategic Russian facilities in annexed Crimea
The Strategic Communications Center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that Ukrainian military carried out a successful missile attack on a strategic Russian facility located in the temporarily annexed Crimea. "In the night of October 30, the Ukrainian Armed Forces successfully targeted a strategic air defence facility on the western coast of the temporarily occupied Crimea," the statement reads.
Russian Telegram channels report that as a result of the attack on Olenivka, there were 17 …
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Ukrainian Naval Forces confirm yesterday’s attack on Russian warships in Sevastopol
Dmytro Plenchuk, spokesperson for the Ukrainian Naval Forces, stated that the Russian ship Pavel Derzhavin was attacked twice off the coast of Crimea. The Russian tugboat Nikolay Muru was also hit.
"Yesterday was a 'Friday the 13th' for the Russian Black Sea Fleet.The patrol ship Pavel Derzhavin was hit twice. Only the second time did they realize it was time to retreat from our Sevastopol. The damage to the tugboat has been confirmed. It is being towed away. It has the corresponding damage," …