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Re: BOOM Putin -Ukraines' Massive Naval Victory W.O a Navy-Hits Russias' Naval Fleet
Ukraine-Russia War: Russian Naval HQ Strike Blow to The Dictatorship of Putin - Watch Moment Missile Hits Russias' Black Sea Fleet HQ
Ukraine Has Won a Massive Naval Victory Without Having a Navy
---Russias' Hold Over Sevastopol is Slipping, With Huge Implications For The Black Sea Fleet
BBC 23 SEP 2023
The aftermath of a Ukrainian strike in the Sevastopol area. Ukraine appears to have pushed the Russian navy onto the back foot
While much attention is allotted to the success (or otherwise) of the Ukrainian counter-offensive on land, events in the Black Sea periodically remind us of its strategic importance in this ongoing conflict.
On 13 September, Russia’s repair yard for the Black Sea Fleet, Sergo Ordzhonkidze, came under attack from ten Storm Shadow cruise missiles fired from five Sukhoi Su-24 Fencers. Some were intercepted, but three hit the drydocks there, crippling the warship Minsk and submarine Rostov-on-Don. The Russians retreated a few miles to their backup command post at Verkhnesadovoe which was then hit on 20 September.
Storm Shadow is the British name for the SCALP cruise missile, a French weapon with a British supplied warhead, used by the air forces of both nations and supplied by both nations to Ukraine.
One explanation for why some of the missiles made it through is because Ukrainian special forces and Neptune missiles had destroyed Russian S-400 air defence radars some weeks before.
These are classic multi-domain shaping operations, very well delivered.
Russian Naval HQ Strike
Russias' Black Sea Navy fleet headquarters was hit by a Ukrainian missile in broad daylight on 22 September 2023.
The missile strike that hit a Russian navy headquarters was a “blow to the dictatorship of Putin”, the Ukrainian air force spokesman has said.
Yuriy Ignat confirmed the attack that punched a huge hole in the Black Sea Fleet building in downtown Sevastopol on the occupied Crimean peninsula.
“This is not only a blow to the heart of the naval forces of the Black Sea Fleet, this is a blow to the dictatorship of Putin,” he said. “Everyone will see it. This cannot be hidden.”
Almost eight hours after the strike, Russian authorities were still struggling to put out the fire at the headquarters according to the Moscow-installed governor in Sevastopol. Gas and electricity have been cut and residents have been asked to reduce water consumption until the fire is put out.
“I had wanted a bigger hole [in the building] to be honest,” Ignat added. Russian residents of Crimea had provided Kyiv with information for the strike, he said.
A Ukrainian source told the Telegraph that British designed Storm Shadows, also known as Scalps, were used.
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