A shipyard in Crimea erupted overnight with explosions and a blaze that appears to have caused major damage to a pair of Russian ships, including an attack submarine.
"We confirm a large landing vessel and submarine were hit,” Ukrainian military intelligence official Andriy Yusov told Reuters and other outlets on Wednesday. “Those are significant damages. We can now say that with a high probability, they are not subject to restoration.”Russian defense officials claimed that the attack was a combination of missile and drone strikes, though their account could not be verified immediately.
— Rob Lee September 13, 2023 That statement dovetails with anonymous claims that the Ukrainians used a long-range Storm Shadow missile. Both the United Kingdom and France have provided the weapons, which can be fired from Ukrainian bombers. President Joe Biden reportedly is considering arming Ukraine with ATACMS, a U.S. missile analogous to the Storm Shadows that Biden’s team has hesitated to provide, in part due to concern that Russia might deem it provocative. Moscow tried to stoke that anxiety on Wednesday.
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