'There is a fairly high probability that there is now not a single carrier of cruise missiles in Crimea,' Ukraine said.
Russia's Black Sea Fleet likely lost its last missile carrier in occupied Crimea, according to Dmytro Pletenchuk, a spokesperson for Ukraine's navy.A Ukrainian strike Sunday on the bay of Sevastopol in Crimea 'likely' seriously damaged or sunk both the Russian minesweeper Kovrovets and the corvette Cyclone, or Tsiklon, Pletenchuk told Radio Svoboda, the Russian service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on Monday.
Kyiv said a third of Russia's warships in the Black Sea have been sunk or disabled since the Ukraine war began. Ukraine has sought to deplete President Vladimir Putin's prized fleet as part of its efforts to reverse Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea, which serves as Moscow's central logistics hub for its forces in southern Ukraine.
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