Russian Defence Ministry confirms Ukrainian Armed Forces hit ship at Kerch shipyard
Saturday, 4 November 2023, 23:48
The Russian Defence Ministry has said that a ship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, located at a shipyard in Kerch, "has been damaged".
Source: Russian Defence Ministry
Details: Russian propagandists claim that Ukraine fired 15 cruise missiles on the Butoma Shipyard in Kerch.
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The invaders' air defence allegedly shot down 13 of the cruise missiles, and one missile "damaged the ship".
For half a day prior to that, the Crimean occupiers had been claiming that "some of the debris from the downed missiles fell on the area of one of the dry docks".
Background:
- Explosions were heard and an air-raid warning was issued in Russian-occupied Crimea on 4 November.
- Later, it became known that Air Force pilots had launched successful strikes on Kerch, likely sinking one of the most modern ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, a Kalibr cruise missile carrier.
- Shipbuilding and repair plants in temporarily occupied Crimea which serve the Russian army and are part of the Russian military-industrial complex are legitimate targets for the Ukrainian Defence Forces.
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