A powerful explosion was heard over the central part of Sevastopol at 06:50 local time, followed by a sound similar to a rocket launch. Local authorities claimed that a ship from the Black Sea Fleet shot down a drone over the sea.
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A powerful explosion thundered over the central part of Sevastopol on the morning of 8 December at 06:50 local time.
Mykhailo Razvozhaev claimed that a ship from the Black Sea Fleet shot down a drone over the sea in the morning.
A powerful explosion and rocket-like sound were heard in central Sevastopol on December 8.
Russian authorities, the Russian Defense Ministry, and Ukrainian officials did not comment on the event.
Explosions rang out in Sevastopol in the morning.
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