The port authorities of Sevastopol, base of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, suspended maritime transport this Saturday after a new missile attack carried out by the Ukrainian Army.
The governor of Sevastopol, a port located on the annexed peninsula of Crimea, Mikhail Razvozhaev, warned, in a message published on the Telegram channel, that anti-aircraft defenses shot down enemy missiles, adding that a fragment of one of the projectiles fell near one of the bay docks.
Therefore, the governor declared a missile alert twice this morning and asked residents to head to bomb shelters and tunnels.
Sevastopol Bay divides the city into two parts between which different ships transporting goods, as well as passenger and tourist ships, circulate.
The Crimean port had already been the target of a Ukrainian missile attack on Friday.
“As a result of the attack, the historic General Staff building was damaged,” the Russian Defense Ministry announced.
According to the director of the Ukrainian intelligence services, Kyrylo Budanov, Friday’s attack left nine dead and 16 wounded, including two Russian generals.
In statements this Saturday cited by the Unian agency, Budanov stated that the wounded senior officials are Colonel General Aleksandr Romanchuk, commander of Russian forces in the Ukrainian region of Zaporizhia, and Lieutenant General Oleg Tsekov, commander of the coastal forces of the fleet. .northern part of the Russian Navy.
The first is, he said, in “very serious” condition, while the second will remain unconscious.
In recent days, the Ukrainian Army managed to destroy another Russian Navy command post near Sevastopol and reach an air base in Saki, north of the port city.
Source: TSF
