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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Andrew Roth in Moscow, Isobel Koshiw in Kyiv and Pjotr Sauer

Russia claims five injured in Ukraine drone attack on Black Sea fleet HQ

A Russian navy ship docked in Sevastopol, Crimea, in the Black Sea
A Russian navy ship docked in Sevastopol, Crimea, in the Black Sea. Russian officials say a Ukrainian drone has struck the headquarters of its Black Sea fleet. Photograph: Russian defence ministry/EPA

Russia has claimed that its Black Sea fleet headquarters in Sevastopol have been hit by a Ukrainian drone strike, wounding five people and prompting officials to cancel festivities planned for Navy Day.

The attack was reported by Mikhail Razvozhayev, the head of the local Russian administration in Sevastopol in Crimea, which was occupied and then annexed in 2014.

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