{"id":273661,"date":"2023-09-24T07:07:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T07:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=273661"},"modified":"2023-09-26T06:21:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T06:21:56","slug":"ukraine-mounts-missile-strike-on-russian-black-sea-fleet-hq-in-crimea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=273661","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine mounts missile strike on Russian Black Sea fleet HQ in Crimea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction \u2013 Sept 23, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Last year the U.S. pledged to supply Ukraine with data to assist Ukraine in striking high profile and high value Russian targets. Obtained from U.S. reconnaissance satellites and planes, the data has proved invaluable in striking targets like the Russian Navy\u2019s Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Sevastopol, Crimea.<\/p>\n

NATO allies, the UK<\/a> and possibly France<\/a>, provided the missiles used in the recent strike.<\/p>\n

Illustrating once again how the West is using Ukraine as a proxy in its undeclared war against Russia.<\/p>\n

However, it should be noted that this is a rare success for Ukraine<\/a> and that overall the tide of war is now running very much in Moscow\u2019s favour<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Although the targets that Ukraine has struck recently have little strategic significance, they are part of a broader PR campaign. Together with the recent strike on a military shipyard in Sevastopol, Ukraine seems to be trying to convince Western donors that it can still inflict some damage on Russian forces with strikes on high profile targets.<\/p>\n

However, this is just a diversion designed to distract from the grim reality<\/a> of what is really happening on the ground. Where much of Ukraine\u2019s armed forces are now on the verge of outright defeat<\/a>. Ed.<\/p>\n

US to provide Ukraine with intelligence data for accurate multiple rocket launcher strikes<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The New Voice of Ukraine \u2013 June 22, 2022<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cWe will provide the Ukrainians with what they need to strike selected targets on Ukrainian territory,\u201d said the Pentagon\u2019s Deputy Secretary for Political Affairs, Colin Cole, during a conference held by the Center for a New American Security in Washington.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe expect these systems to be in combat soon. We are committed to continuing the supply of this military equipment.”<\/p>\n

According to Cole, the U.S. intelligence will allow the Armed Forces of Ukraine to effectively hit enemy targets without wasting extra ammunition.<\/p>\n

Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Ukraine mounts missile strike on Russian Black Sea fleet HQ in Crimea<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Pjotr Sauer \u2013 The Guardian.co.uk Sept 23, 2023<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Black Sea Fleet HQ<\/p><\/div>\n

A Ukrainian missile attack has hit the headquarters of Russia\u2019s Black Sea fleet in occupied Crimea, the latest high-profile Ukrainian strike on the annexed peninsula.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s defence ministry said that one military serviceman was missing as a result of the assault, which hit the navy headquarters in the port city of Sevastopol.<\/p>\n

The Moscow-appointed governor, Mikhail Razvozhayev, urged people to stay away from the city centre where the navy building is located.<\/p>\n

Footage posted on social media showed clouds of white smoke billowing from the rooftop of the Black Sea fleet headquarters. Russian sources reported that the strike was carried out using Storm Shadow missiles provided by the UK<\/a> and launched from Ukrainian aircraft.<\/p>\n

Russian-installed authorities also said air defences downed another missile on Friday near the Crimean town of Bakhchysarai.<\/p>\n

Ukraine\u2019s military confirmed on Friday that its forces had \u201csuccessfully\u201d struck the headquarters of Russia\u2019s Black Sea navy in the Crimean port of Sevastopol, without providing additional details.<\/p>\n

Shortly after the strike, Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine\u2019s security council, wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, that \u201cthe Russian Black Sea fleet will be sliced up like a salami.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are two options for the future of Russia\u2019s Black Sea fleet: voluntary or forced self-neutralisation,\u201d Danilov wrote.<\/p>\n

Separately, Oleg Kryuchkov, an official with the Crimean administration, said internet service providers on the peninsula were under an \u201cunprecedented cyberattack\u201d, leading to interruptions in service.<\/p>\n

In recent weeks, Ukraine has sharply increased the pace of strikes on Crimea as it seeks to inflict strategic and symbolic blows against Russian troops that illegally annexed the peninsula in 2014.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday night, Ukrainian officials said that the country\u2019s forces had struck a major military airbase near the city of Saky in Crimea.<\/p>\n

Last week, a Ukrainian missile strike on a shipyard in Sevastopol<\/a> severely damaged and possibly destroyed a Russian landing ship and a Kilo-class submarine.<\/p>\n

The latest strikes on Crimea came as Ukrainian forces appeared to have breached the main Russian defensive line in the south-east of the country using armoured vehicles.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Ukrainian forces first broke<\/a> through Russia\u2019s defensive line near southern Zaporizhzhia after weeks of painstaking mine clearance. Since then, its troops have been clearing anti-tank obstacles and concrete blocks to allow armoured vehicles to further expand the breach.<\/p>\n

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a thinktank based in Washington DC that regularly publishes analysis of the conflict, wrote: \u201cGeolocated footage posted on 21 September indicates that Ukrainian armoured vehicles advanced south of the Russian anti-tank ditches and dragon\u2019s teeth obstacles<\/a> that are part of a tri-layered defence and engaged in limited combat immediately west of Verbove.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unclear if Ukrainian forces retain these positions, however. This is the first observed instance of Ukrainian forces operating armoured vehicles beyond the Russian tri-layer defence,\u201d ISW added.<\/p>\n

Kyiv also saw a noticeable setback this week, as the White House rejected<\/a> President Volodymyr Zelenskiy\u2019s request for Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to be sent to Ukraine as part of a new military aid package to bolster the country\u2019s counteroffensive. Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, told reporters on Thursday that Biden would not provide ATACMS, but that he had not taken it off the table.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Russia\u2019s defence spending is set to surge next year, swelling to a record 6% of gross domestic product (GDP), up from 3.9% in 2023, according to a Russian budget draft seen by Bloomberg.<\/p>\n

The evolution of Russia\u2019s budget appears to suggest the Kremlin plans to continue the fighting in Ukraine next year as it aims to sustain its war economy.<\/p>\n

Russia had already doubled its defence spending target to $100bn, a third of all public expenditure.<\/p>\n

That boom in state spending has fuelled the Russian economy over the past 18 months, but academics have argued that the spending on the war in Ukraine is threatening the country\u2019s financial stability.<\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The missile strike on Russia\u2019s Black Sea Fleet HQ is the latest example of how the West is using Ukraine as a proxy in its undeclared war against Russia. Moreover, the Western MSM coverage of the strike also serves as a distraction from the broader picture of the conflict <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91,116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-273661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-russia","category-ukraine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=273661"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":273703,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273661\/revisions\/273703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=273661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=273661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=273661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}