Ukraine's special forces said on Wednesday that 34 Russian personnel were killed in Friday's missile strikes on the Black Sea Fleet base.
A Ukrainian strike on Russia's Black Sea naval fleet headquarters in Crimea has killed 34 Russian officers, including the commander of the fleet, Kyiv said on Monday.
A further 105 Russian personnel were injured, Ukraine's special forces said in a post to Telegram on Monday., reportedly using British-supplied long-range Storm Shadow missiles. These were also thought to have been used in a Ukrainian strike taking out two Russian Black Sea vessels in Sevastopol earlier this month.
Russia's Defense Ministry said on Friday that its air defenses shot down five missiles over Sevastopol, but that the attack had damaged the Black Sea Fleet's headquarters. Moscow initially said one soldier had been killed, but then retracted the statement An image of Russian Black Sea Fleet commander, Admiral Viktor Sokolov. Ukrainian strike on Russia's Black Sea naval fleet headquarters in Crimea has killed 34 Russian officers, including the commander of the fleet, Kyiv said on Monday.
Crimea has increasingly become the focus of Ukrainian strikes in recent months. Russia annexed the peninsula in 2014, and Kyiv has repeatedly vowed to reclaim control of Crimea.
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