💥 Attack

British Storm Shadow missiles struck Russian naval assets in Sevastopol dry docks, sinking the landing assault ship Minsk and severely damaging the submarine Rostov-Na-Danu, while also disabling all three major warship-sized dry docks.

Sevastopol, Crimea
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Censor.NET Kyiv Post Ukrainska Pravda Ukrinform

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British Storm Shadow missiles struck Russian naval assets in Sevastopol dry docks, sinking the landing assault ship Minsk and severely damaging the submarine Rostov-Na-Danu, while also disabling all three major warship-sized dry docks.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

The Sevastopol shipyard was attacked by missiles and unmanned boats on the night of September 13.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

On September 13, 2023, a Ukrainian missile attack for the first time damaged the Russian submarine Rostov-on-Don, along with sinking Minsk – another major naval vessel.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Minsk (Project 775) was destroyed in a dry dock in Sevastopol on 13 September 2023

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The submarine was attacked for the first time on September 13, 2023, and since then Russia invested significant resources in restoration.

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.220Z

Source story: day-572-2023-09-19