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Media reports that Ukraine used a drone to attack an oil terminal near a Russian naval base on the Black Sea could turn out to be a turning point in the nine-month-long war, British military officials said.
Russian and Ukrainian media outlets reported Friday that an attack took place in the port city of Novorossiysk on Russia’s Black Sea coast. A major naval base of the Kremlin’s Black Sea Fleet (BSF) is near the oil terminal, British military intelligence officials said.
“The BSF relocated many of its submarine operations to Novorossiysk after its Sevastopol base in occupied Crimea was struck by Ukraine over the summer,” the British Defense Ministry tweeted Tuesday.
Russian commanders are likely to be concerned about threats to Russia’s amphibious landing ship flotilla located at the naval base.
“These vessels are relatively vulnerable without escorts and have assumed a more important role in supplying Russian forces in Ukraine since the Kerch Bridge was damaged in October,” according to the UK’s Defense Ministry. --->READ MORE HERE
Explosions occurred in the cities of Sevastopol and Evpatoria in Crimea. The occupying administration reported about a drone attack and activation of the air defence system.
Source: Suspilne.Crimea; Mykhailo Razvozhaev, puppet governor of Sevastopol, on Telegram; Ukrainska Pravda.Strichka on Telegram; Russian Kremlin aligned information agency RIA Novosti on Telegram
Details: As reported by Suspilne.Crimea, the residents of the occupied cities of Sevastopol and Evpatoria have heard the explosions.
The media outlet states that in Evpatoria, a muffled sound of explosions and loud explosions in the Western part of the city were heard.
The residents of Sevastopol told Suspilne about what was likely the work of air defence systems. They have heard the explosions in the northern part of the city.
Local Telegram-channels are publishing videos with sounds of explosions and bright flashes. --->READ MORE HEREFollow links below to +++++relevant+++++ and related stories:
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