💥 Attack

Ukrainian Air Force pilots conducted strikes on the Zaliv shipbuilding yard in Kerch, targeting a Russian Black Sea Fleet warship capable of carrying Kalibr cruise missiles. The strike reportedly sank the vessel.

November 4, 2023 Kerch, Crimea

Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources

Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.

Entities

Ukrainian Air Force (organization) Black Sea Fleet (organization) Kalibr cruise missile carrier (weapon_system) Zaliv shipbuilding yard (location) Kalibr cruise missiles (weapon_system) Askold missile carrier (military_unit) Mykola Oleshchuk (person) Russian Black Sea Fleet (military_unit) Kalibr missiles (weapon_system) Kerch shipyard (location) Sergey Aksyonov (person) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Russian ship Askold (military_unit) Askold (weapon_system) Andrii Ryzhenko (person) Karakurt series (weapon_system) Russian Defense Ministry (organization) Kerch (location) Kalibr (weapon_system) Mykola Oleschuk (person) Sergei Aksyonov (person) Armed Forces of Ukraine (organization) Zaliv shipyard (location) SCALP cruise missile (weapon_system) Russian Navy (organization) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Zalyv shipyard (location) Karakurt-class corvette (weapon_system) SCALP missile (weapon_system) SCALP-EG missile (weapon_system) Kalibr missile (weapon_system) Karakurt-class missile ship (weapon_system)

Source Reports

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: uncertain

Ukrainian Air Force pilots launched successful strikes on Kerch, probably sinking one of the most modern ships of the Black Sea Fleet capable of carrying Kalibr cruise missiles

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

The strike targeted infrastructure of the Zaliv shipbuilding yard in Kerch where a Kalibr cruise missile carrier was stationed

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Ukraine's Air Force is still waiting for the official confirmation of the results. However, he commended the strike, adding that it was 'as if Storm Shadow missiles swept through!'

Kyiv Post → Source tone: uncertain

The shipyard was where one of the most modern ships of the Russian Navy was stationed, capable of carrying powerful supersonic Kalibr missiles.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

The Armed Forces of Ukraine struck the Zalyv shipyard in Kerch on November 4, damaging the Russian missile carrier Askold.

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