Ukraine on November 6 confirmed that its forces had inflicted “significant” damage to a Russian missile carrier in Kremlin-occupied Crimea two days earlier, identifying the vessel as the Askold and saying it might not be repairable.
“Confirmed. The Russian missile carrier Askold, the latest ship of the Karakurt class with stealth technology, was damaged as a result of the defeat by the armed forces of Ukraine of the sea and port infrastructure of the Zaliv plant in the temporarily occupied Crimea,” Ukraine’s military said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said his military had hit the Askold in the Kerch shipyard in Crimea, which Russia seized and illegally annexed in 2014 but which Kyiv seeks to retake.
“I thank everyone who ensured the successful destruction of the Russian ship at the Kerch shipyard,” Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address.
Two days earlier, the Russian military said a Ukrainian missile strike on a shipyard in Crimea had damaged a Russian ship.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said 15 cruise missiles had been fired at the shipyard in eastern Crimea, adding that 13 had been shot down. It didn’t name the ship or detail the damage.
The Ukrainian military on November 4 also said it had carried out a “successful strike” on the Zaliv shipyard. It added that one of Russia’s “most modern” ships was at the shipyard but didn’t provide details at the time.
Earlier on November 6, Ukraine declared a large-scale air-raid alert, instructing citizens to take shelter amid indications of a possible fresh wave of Russian strikes.
The alert in midafternoon came after Russia earlier in the day struck Odesa, Ukraine’s main Black Sea port, with missiles and drones, wounding at least eight people and causing extensive damage to a renowned art museum and residential buildings in the city’s historic center, while drone debris set grain warehouses on fire.
Regional Governor Oleh Kiper put the final number of wounded people at eight after initially…
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