Russia’s Black Sea navy headquarters suffered ‘major damage’ in the strike
At least one Ukrainian missile has hit a major Russian military command post in Crimea, Putin’s local puppet governor admitted on Friday.
Smoke was seen billowing out of a huge hole in the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea navy in the port of Sevastopol shortly after explosions were heard.
People in the nearby city centre reportedly saw missiles fly overhead moments before, with footage showing smoke visible from a busy high street.
Russian officials, who have ruled the peninsula since it was illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014, urged locals to ‘head to shelters if you hear the siren’ while firefighters worked to contain the blaze.
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Photos appeared to show extensive damage to the building’s rear (Picture: X/@bayraktar_1love)
In an update on Telegram, Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Kremlin-installed governor of Sevastopol, said ‘another attack is possible’ imminently.
Photos of the aftermath appeared to show a crater in an upper level along the building’s rear where the roof had been caved in.
Local media reported that the building had suffered ‘major damage’.
It’s not yet clear whether there were any casualties, and Ukraine did not immediately take responsibility for the apparent strike.
Plumes of smoke billowing from the building were visible from across central Sevastopol
On Wednesday, the Ukrainian military said it hit another building used by Russia’s Black Sea Fleet just outside Sevastopol as well as several other sites in Crimea.
The strikes reportedly made use of British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles.
The following day, several cities in Ukraine came under renewed fire from Russian missiles and artillery.
Ukrainian officials say five civilians died in the shelling.
Another civilian was killed on Friday after Russian shelling sparked fires in a residential building in Kherson, according to local governor Oleksandr Prokudin.
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