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Ukraine Says Attack on Russian Black Naval Sea Fleet Struck Two Warships

HeadlineSep 14, 2023

Ukraine’s intelligence service says Ukrainian forces successfully launched their largest attack yet on the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet. On Wednesday morning, Ukrainian bombers equipped with British- and French-made cruise missiles struck a dry dock in the Crimean city of Sevastopol, destroying a Russian amphibious ship and a submarine. Elsewhere, Russia’s military said its air defense units thwarted a drone attack over Crimea, while Ukraine claimed to have shot down 17 out of 22 Russian drones launched at targets in southern Ukraine.

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