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Fire engulfs shipyard hit by Ukrainian missiles in Russia-annexed Crimea

An image from an earlier attack on Sevastopol shows smoke rising from a fuel tank fire following an alleged Ukrainian drone strike, Crimea in April 2023 [File: Reuters]

At least 24 people have been injured and two Russian navy ships engulfed in flames following a Ukrainian missile attack on a shipyard in Sevastopol in Russian-occupied Crimea, authorities said.

Sevastopol’s Russia-installed governor, Mikhail Razvozhayev, said on the Telegram messaging app that Ukraine carried out the missile attack in the early hours of Wednesday, and Russian air defences attempted to repel the incoming projectiles. Russian ships at sea had also repelled a sea-borne drone attack.

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