⚓ Naval

Ukrainian forces struck and likely damaged the Russian Black Sea Fleet's Tsyklon Karakurt-class small missile ship in Sevastopol Bay, Crimea on May 19. Ukrainian and Russian sources reported the vessel was hit with three US-provided ATACMS missiles, and satellite imagery dated May 20 confirms damage to the port facility.

Sevastopol, Crimea
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Satellite imagery indicates Ukrainian forces likely damaged the Tsyklon on May 19

Ukrainian forces struck the ship with three US-provided ATACMS missiles

The Tsyklon was the last Russian Karakurt-class missile carrier in the Black Sea

Kyiv Post → Source tone: uncertain

Ukraine's navy claims it has likely destroyed the last of Russia's cruise missile carriers operating out of the crucial Black Sea peninsula of Crimea. In remarks made to Radio Free Europe, Ukraine's navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk said the navy was currently trying to verify whether or not it had destroyed the small missile carrier Tsiklon on Saturday.

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