Agile “explosions “recorded in the Sevastopol Bay are due to Russian” neglect ” and in any case caused damage to four ships of the Moscow fleet, including a frigate and a landing ship.
This is the Ukrainian version of what happened during the night in the bay off the coast of the Ukrainian peninsula. This was reported on Twitter by Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the Ministry of the Interior.
The explosions were “caused by careless handling of explosives and there have been explosions in four Russian warships in the bay, “added Gerashchenko.
Between damaged ships there is the frigate “Admiral Makarov”, the same one from which cruise missiles were launched against the city of Vinnytsia in July, those missiles that killed dozens of Ukrainian civilians The source of the Ukrainian ministry also posted photographs on his Twitter account in which columns of black smoke can be seen in the distance .
“Local media report that i emergency services are trying to put out the fire on one of the boats, as you can see using binoculars “.
According to the “Southern” command of the Ukrainian armed forces, the explosions in the port of the Crimean peninsula could instead be due to the malfunction of the Russian anti-aircraft batteries.
“At the moment there is no official confirmation. The reason could be errors in the launch of air defense missiles,” said spokeswoman Nataliya Humenyuk.
The Moscow version is different. According to the Ministry of Defense, they were Ukrainian drones to attack ships of the Black Sea fleetan attack prepared in the Nikolayev region with the help of British military specialists and, in the raid, only one minesweeper was “slightly damaged”.
“The preparation of this terrorist act and training of military personnel of the 73 Ukrainian Special Center for Maritime Operations they were carried out under the guidance of British specialists located in the city of Ochakov, in the Mykolaiv region of Ukraine, “the Russian Defense Ministry said through a spokesman.
According to Moscow, the ships of the Russian Black Sea fleet attacked by Ukrainian drones are those involved in ensuring the safety of the “grain corridor”.
Kiev claims strategic control of Lugansk highway
Ukraine has “under control” a strategic highway in the Lugansk region: said Serghei Gaidai, head of the military administration of Oblast.
Gaidai reported that Kiev troops are keeping the highway connecting the cities of Svatove and Kreminna under “fire control”, which means that they are bombing it so it cannot be traveled.
The Ukrainian armed forces are trying to push east towards Lugansk, the Ukrainian region that has been almost totally occupied by the Russians; if control of the highway is confirmed, it means that Russia will no longer be able to access Lugansk Oblast from the north.