Attack on Sevastopol. The rocket hit the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet

Loud explosions shook Sevastopol on Friday. The head of the local occupation authorities, Mikhail Ravozhayev, announced that the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet had been hit. Clouds of smoke rose above the city. The attack "using guided missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles" was confirmed by the Russian Ministry of National Defense.

An explosion occurred in Russian-occupied Sevastopol in Crimea on Friday. Clouds of smoke rose above the city.

According to the Russian Ministry of National Defense, "around 10:30 Moscow time, an attempt to carry out a terrorist attack by the 'Kyiv regime' using guided missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles on objects in the territory of the Russian Federation was thwarted".

We learn from the statement that air defense shot down one homing missile and two drones near the western coast of the Crimean Peninsula. According to reports from the ministry, one of the soldiers is considered missing.

The update said that the Russians shot down five missiles.

Attack on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet

Later, the head of the Sevastopol occupation authorities, Mikhail Razvozaev, confirmed that the target of the attack was the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet. He also reported that one of the fragments fell near the Luncharsky Theater.

According to NEXT, the city center was jammed. Special security measures have been initiated. The authorities are appealing to residents not to try to get into the heart of the city. There was also information about the suspension of passenger ship traffic in Sevastopol. The Crimean Bridge has been closed.

"People who were on the street at the time of the attack were not injured," the Unian agency reported. Russian sources report that six people were injured in the attack.

On Thursday, it was reported about a Ukrainian attack on a military base near Sevastopol, in the village of Verkhnosadowe.

A series of Ukrainian attacks in Crimea. Targeted facilities of the Russian Navy

As the Ukrainska Pravda portal emphasizes, this is another successful military action of Ukraine on the Crimean Peninsula in recent days. On Wednesday, September 20, they were to carry out an attack on the command posts of the Black Sea Fleet near Sevastopol. On the night of September 21, the Security Service of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Navy bombed the airport in Saki. According to the Radio Information Agency, the Ukrainians used drones and Neptun missiles of their own production in the attack.

The intensification of Ukrainian operations on the Crimean Peninsula has been going on for several months. However, in recent weeks, we have been observing a particular intensification of attacks on the Russian navy. On the night of September 12-13, the Ukrainians shelled the Sewmorwerf shipyard in Sevastopol, which is the only point of this type in the Black Sea basin of significant strategic importance for the Black Sea Fleet.