kyiv: four Russian ships were damaged in Sevastopol Bay

A source of Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs affirmed this Saturday that the explosions registered in the bay of Sevastopol are due to Russian negligence and that four ships of the fleet of Moscow in the Black Sea have suffered damage.

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Anton Gerashchenkoadviser to the Ministry of the Interior, announced that “As a result of a negligent handling of explosives, there were explosions on four Russian warships in the bay of Sevastopol”in statements quoted by the Interfax agency.

Among the damaged ships is the frigate “Admiral Makarov”, assured Gerashchenkofrom which, he said, cruise missiles were fired at the city of Vinnytsiawhich caused the death of dozens of Ukrainian civilians.

The adviser also published in his account Twitter photographs in which columns of black smoke in the distance.

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“Local media reports that the emergency services are trying to turn off the fire on one of the boats, as can be seen using binoculars,” he added.

For its part, the “South” command of the Ukrainian armed forces indicated that the explosions in the port of the annexed peninsula of crimea could be due to malfunction of the Russian anti-aircraft batteries.

“For now there is no official confirmation. Failures in launching air defense missiles could be the reason and we will receive official information later”, the spokeswoman said in televised remarks, Nataliya Humenyuk.

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The Governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaevattributed the explosions recorded this morning to a drone attack by the Ukrainian Army, the largest of these characteristics since the beginning of the war.

He added that navigation in the port has been temporarily suspended, but insisted that no facility in Sevastopolthe main base of the Russian Fleet in the Black Seahas suffered damage.

Source: Elcomercio

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