Satellite images have been released showing the aftermath of a missile strike claimed by Ukraine’s military on a communications hub in the city of Sevastopol, in annexed Crimea, which is used by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s prized Black Sea Fleet.
On Sunday, Ukraine’s military said it had successfully attacked the communications hub, unspecified infrastructure facilities, as well as two of Russia’s large landing ships, the Yamal and the Azov, dealing another blow to Putin as Kyiv targets his Black Sea Fleet.
Russian officials didn’t confirm the strikes and damage caused, but the Kremlin-installed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, said on his Telegram channel that it was the “most massive attack in recent times.”
Ukraine has targeted Russia’s Black Sea Fleet throughout Putin’s full-scale invasion of the country, which began in February 2022, as Kyiv vows to reclaim Crimea, which was annexed by Moscow in 2014.
“In plain English, it means that Putin can no longer exercise safely in the Black Sea, even though the Russian Fleet has operated there since 1783,” Shapps said, adding that the U.K. will continue to support Kyiv in the war as the world “cannot afford” for Ukraine to lose.
The British defense ministry assessed last week that Russia had begun painting decoy submarines at its Black Sea ports in a bid to protect its assets from Ukrainian attacks.
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