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The head of Ukraine’s air force has revealed specific details of the strikes, which devastated one of four Russian cruise-missile-capable submarines in its Black Sea Fleet, together with a large warship undergoing maintenance in the port city of Sevastopol in occupied Crimea on Wednesday.

Ukraine has confirmed that British and French cruise missiles – fired from either wing of a Ukrainian bomber – were used in a major attack against Russia’s navy in occupied Crimea and worked “perfectly”.

The strikes, in the early hours of Wednesday morning, devastated one of four Russian cruise-missile-capable submarines in its Black Sea Fleet and a large warship that had been undergoing maintenance in a dry dock in the port city of Sevastopol.

Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, the head of the Ukrainian air force, explained that British Storm Shadow missiles had been attached under the left wing of a Ukrainian Su-24 jet and French Scalp missiles under the right wing.

“Both missiles work perfectly, without a chance for the occupier!” he wrote.

It is very rare for Ukrainian commanders to release specific details of an operation.

The air chief signalled his Su-24M bomber aircraft also had the capacity to carry German Taurus missiles – a weapon that Berlin has signalled it may give to Kyiv.

“Then the ‘game of cities’ can be continued even more effectively,” the head of the air force said in a Telegram post.

“Once again, I thank our Western partners for the weapons and equipment that help us destroy the aggressor and liberate Ukrainian land!”

Source: https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-says-bomber-deployed-british-and-french-cruise-missiles-perfectly-in-major-attack-on-russian-navy-12962116

Footage shows ‘a near doubling’ of dolphin pens guarding the Sevastopol harbor, British intelligence says.

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The Russian Navy is increasing the number of trained dolphins it uses to protect its main military base in the Black Sea, according to intelligence reports.

The animals are guarding the entry to the port of Sevastopol, in Russian-occupied Crimea, and are likely intended to “counter enemy divers,” British military intelligence said Friday.

In recent weeks, “imagery shows a near doubling of floating mammal pens in the harbor which highly likely contain bottle-nosed dolphins,” the report says.

Trained animals have been used for decades by the military or intelligence agencies to carry out specific missions. A Beluga whale which has made several appearances off the Scandinavian coast in recent years is for instance believed to be a spy trained by the Russian army.

Russia’s Black Sea fleet has been targeted by several drone attacks since the start of the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

In April, Russian ships stationed in Sevastopol were hit by an attack carried out with “three unmanned high-speed boats,” and a fuel depot in the same city was hit by a drone strike a few days later — prompting Moscow to announce a tightening of security measures at the Sevastopol naval base last month.

Source : https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-ukraine-war-dolphin-patrols-protect-crimea-naval-base

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Ukraine says bomber deployed British and French cruise missiles ‘perfectly’ in major attack on Russian navy

Russia boosts dolphin patrols to protect Crimea naval base