The Ukrainian Armed Forces responded to the deployment of two Russian missile carriers equipped with 16 Kalibr missiles, coordination press center’s head of the Ukraine’s Southern Defense Forces Natalia Humeniuk said on Oct. 24, commenting on reports of night explosions in the temporarily occupied Sevastopol and underwater drone attacks on the naval group of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
“They are constantly imagining something, feeling themselves deeper and deeper in Ukraine, understanding that we are fighting for our territories, and that Crimea is Ukraine, and that there is ongoing combat, even when it seems to them that it is quite calm and their air defenses are working.”
The task of the Ukrainian forces is to maximize destruction of the Russia’s potential.
“We noticed that the enemy put two frigates on combat duty – missile carriers equipped with 16 Kalibr missiles, trying to create some situation [threat] in the Black Sea. The defense forces had to react. It’s too early to summarize, but I think the results will please everyone.”
The Kremlin-appointed governor of Russian-occupied Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhayev claimed that Russia’s Black Sea Fleet had repelled a “possible underwater attack.” Gunfire and loud sounds resembling the work of jet bombers were heard in Sevastopol at night
The Russian Defense Ministry has already confirmed the attack by “three unmanned Ukrainian boats (maritime drones)” in occupied Crimea.
In recent months, Ukraine has conducted a number of operations in Crimea, with many successful strikes. Russia often claims drone attacks, local Telegram channels report explosions and the occupying authorities traditionally close the bridge connecting the peninsula to Russia.
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU), in conjunction with the Ukrainian Navy, conducted an operation targeting the Russian Buyan-M class cruise missile carrier and a patrol ship, the Pavel Derzhavin, using experimental maritime drone weaponry, the Maritime Baby, NV sources reported on Oct. 13.
The Navy later clarified that there was no confirmation of damage to the Buyan-M class cruise missile carrier, but confirmed the damage to Nikolai Muru rescue tugboat during the attack.
Source : YahooNews
