Ukrainian air strikes have wiped out the “nerve centre” of Russian military operations after striking multiple warships in more devastating losses to Vladimir Putin’s Black Sea Fleet.
The missile strike hit a communications centre used for coordinating Russian air and navy defences in the Black Sea – a highly contested area that has become a vital battleground in recent months.
Ukraine Reporter revealed the attack on the communications centre on social media platform X, alongside a video showing the devastating strikes.
The post read: “Ukrainian missiles struck the 744th Communications Center of the Black Sea Fleet in Russian-occupied Sevastopol, Crimea, which is the communication and coordination nerve center of Russian air, navy, and air defense assets in the Black Sea.”
The video shows multiple fiery explosions going off the distance, ending with plumes of black smoke rising from the destroyed commincations base.
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The unconfirmed report comes as Ukrainian forces also utilised British missiles to damage three of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet warships in just two days.
Since Sunday, Ukraine has reported the destruction of two of Russia’s large landing ships, the Yamal and the Azov, followed by a damaging strike on the Ivan Khurs, an intelligence-collecting ship. Ukraine’s Navy said the third strike was still being verified.
However, according to unconfirmed reports circulating on social media, Ukrainian forces were said to have also employed the Shadow Storm missile, a French-British long-range air-launched cruise missile to wipe out the third ship.
This marks yet another devastating loss for Putin’s Black Sea Fleet, which previous reports claim has already seen one-third of its vessels destroyed.
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Ukrainain forces had already struck the 744th Communications Center of the Black Sea Fleet in a previous attack in September 2023.
The headquarters were targeted by a strike that left at least one building seriously damaged, according to Radio Svoboda, who published satellite images of the damage sustained.
Such significant losses have prompted Russia to relocate some of its Black Sea assets to its Novorossiysk base in Russia’s Krasnodar region. There are also reports of another navy base being established in Abkhazia, a region internationally recognised as part of Georgia.
