A satellite image shows smoke billowing from a Russian Black Sea Navy HQ after a missile strike, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Sevastopol, Crimea, September 22, 2023.
A satellite image shows smoke billowing from the port of Sevastopol, Crimea, September 22, 2023. Used for illustration purposes.
  • Ukraine's navy is trying to verify whether it destroyed the Tsiklon, a Russian missile carrier.
  • If confirmed, it would mean Russia has no more missile carriers in Crimea, a naval spokesperson said.
  • Details of the claimed strike and its exact casualties are still emerging.

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.