Ukrainian attack kills 1, injures 2 in Russian-held Crimea
A Ukrainian attack on the Crimean port town of Feodosia on Tuesday killed one person and injured two others, the governor of the Russian-annexed territory said.
"Sadly, one person was killed and two others were wounded in an enemy attack on Feodosia," Sergei Aksyonov said on Telegram, adding that six buildings had been damaged and their residents evacuated.
"Transport infrastructure is functioning normally," he said.
Ukraine's air force said Tuesday it had destroyed a Russian fleet ship near Feodosia suspected of carrying drones for use in Moscow's war against Kyiv.
Aksyonov had earlier said that "the port area is cordoned off".
Ukraine frequently carries out strikes in Crimea, particularly targeting the Russian military.
In April 2022, it sank the cruiser Moskva, the flagship of the Black Sea fleet.
The landing ship Novocherkassk was hit at a base in the city of Feodosia by plane-launched guided missiles, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday, adding that two Ukrainian fighter jets were destroyed by anti-aircraft fire during the attack.
Over the past several months, Ukrainian forces have conducted attacks around Crimea, mostly with sea drones. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky credits those attacks with allowing Ukraine to restore navigation in the Black Sea and allowing the export of millions of tons of grain.
There was no immediate report of how bad the Russian ship was damaged, but videos circulating on Ukrainian channels showed an extensive fire in the port area.
"The Russian fleet has become smaller," Ukrainian air force Cmdr. Mykola Oleschuk said in a mocking message on the Telegram app. He urged Russians to leave Crimea — which Russia annexed in 2014 — "while it's not too late."
The air force did not say whether any of its planes were shot down in the attack.
A summary from the Ukrainian presidential office Tuesday said Russia launched 18 drones against the Odesa and Mykolaiv regions, 13 of which were shot down, over the past day. The remaining drones caused infrastructure damage, but no casualties were reported, the summary said.
Source: Associated Press, Agence France Presse
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