2023-09-23 13:15:12
► Senior commanders of the Russian fleet reportedly killed during the attack on Sevastopol
The Ukrainian army claimed on Saturday September 23 to have killed or injured “high commanders” of the Russian navy during its strike the day before against the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, in annexed Crimea. The attack took place “during a meeting of Russian naval leaders”selon Kiev.
Ukraine is striving to carry the fight to this strategic peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014, at the heart of the Russian military system for its invasion of Ukraine, both to supply the troops occupying southern Ukraine and to carry out missile strikes from the sea.
► Russian fears of new attacks on Sevastopol
The governor of Sevastopol, in annexed Crimea, installed by Moscow, warned on Saturday of the possibility of a new Ukrainian missile attack on the city, the day after Kiev’s strike in Sevastopol.
“Be careful, missile danger!” Missile danger! » warned Mikhail Razvojaev on Telegram. “Close your windows tightly and don’t go near them”, he added, asking people in cars and public transport to take shelter. Shortly after, he announced that “the danger was over”.
► Ukrainian breakthrough on the Southern front
The Ukrainian army has broken through the first Russian defense lines on the Southern front, assured the general in charge of the counter-offensive led by Kiev, in an interview with the American channel CNN broadcast on Saturday.
“On the left flank, we have made a breakthrough and we continue to advance”, assured General Oleksandr Tarnavsky while recognizing slower progress than was hoped. The operation does not take place “not as fast as we thought, not like in the films about the Second World War”did he declare.
► Cyberattack in Crimea after the Ukrainian strike
Crimea was hit on Friday September 22 by a cyberattack ” unprecedented “, announced a Russian official, a few hours after the Ukrainian attack on Sevastopol. Oleg Krioutchko, advisor to the leader installed by Russia on the peninsula, however, did not specify whether this computer attack was directly linked to the strikes.
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