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A Ukrainian missile attack on the Russian navy’s Black Sea fleet headquarters on Friday killed and injured “dozens” of Russian troops, including a number of senior officials, Ukraine’s armed forces claimed on Saturday.
Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces said on Telegram that more details of Friday’s missile attack would be communicated “when possible.” The strike was in the city of Sevastopol in Crimea, the region of Ukraine occupied illegally by Russia in 2014 and which extends into the Black Sea.
Ukraine’s intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov told U.S. broadcaster Voice of America that at least nine people were killed and another 16 were injured in the attack.
According to Budanov, Russian Colonel-General Alexander Romanchuk was in “very serious condition,” while chief of staff Lieutenant General Oleg Tsekov was unconscious, Voice of America reported. Budanov didn’t, however, confirm reports that the Black Sea Admiral Viktor Sokolov had been killed in the attack, the broadcaster said. The claims could not be verified.
The Russian governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, confirmed that the headquarters had been attacked in a message on Telegram on Friday.
Russia’s defense ministry initially said one servicemember was killed in the assault but then issued a statement saying he was missing following the missile attack, the Associated Press reported.
