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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Dan Sabbagh and Pjotr Sauer in Kyiv and Peter Beaumont in London

Ukrainian missiles hit Black Sea gas platforms, say Russian officials

The Boyko towers
The three offshore platforms, the Boyko towers, had previously been seized by Moscow from Ukraine back in 2014. Photograph: Vincent Mundy/Bloomberg/Getty Images

Russian officials have said Ukraine launched missile strikes against three gas rigs in the Black Sea south of Odesa, in an apparent escalation of Kyiv’s attempts to weaken Russia’s maritime dominance.

Seven people were missing and three injured after the strikes, according to the head of occupied Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, who said a “rescue operation with the participation of patrol ships and aviation” was under way.

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