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A Russian sub took 'catastrophic' damage from a Ukrainian missile strike despite attempts to downplay it, UK intel says
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A major Ukrainian strike on a Crimean naval base has likely inflicted so much damage to a key Russian submarine that it could take years to return it to service, according to UK intelligence.
Ukrainian forces launched an attack on Wednesday on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet base at Sevastopol, striking a submarine and a landing ship, per the UK’s Ministry of Defence.
In its latest intelligence update published on Friday, the UK MOD said the two vessels — identified as the landing ship Minsk and the Kilo 636.3 class submarine Rostov-on-Don — were hit while undergoing repairs in dry docks at the Sevmorzadov shipyard.
The prominent X account OSINTtechnical suggested on Wednesday that the blasts hit a dry dock containing the submarine and landing craft, based on satellite imagery.
Ukraine’s latest attack on Crimea is part of a long-term effort to isolate the Russian-occupied peninsula and make it “untenable” for Russian forces to remain there, a retired US Army general previously told Insider.
"The demilitarization of the Russian Black Sea fleet is a real long-term guarantee of security for regional trade routes and the “grain corridor,” he added.
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