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Ukraine’s Security Service confirmed a nighttime strike on November 11 against the Russian missile ship Naro-Fominsk, an 850-ton Buyan-M-class vessel belonging to the Baltic Fleet. The ship, launched in 2022, carries Kalibr and Onyx cruise missiles. The attack was part of a broader operation targeting oil infrastructure in Leningrad Oblast.
Russia has increased the number of combat-ready warships in the Black Sea to 11, including two missile ships equipped with a total of 12 Kalibr-type cruise missiles. The increase in warships comes as tensions between Russia and Ukraine continue to escalate, with both sides suffering naval hits. Russia has been using its Black Sea Fleet to launch missile attacks on various areas in Ukraine, and the UK Ministry of Defense believes that Russia sees land attack cruise missiles as a key capability to disrupt Ukrainian counter-offensives and as having an important role in any hypothetical conflict with NATO.
Russian Kalibr cruise missiles being transported by train to the Black Sea fleet in Crimea were destroyed in an explosion in Dzhankoi, Ukraine. While Ukrainian authorities did not claim responsibility for the attack, they believe it should prompt Russia to leave the Black Sea peninsula. The missiles had a range of over 1,550 miles on land and 233 miles at sea. Russian-installed authorities in Crimea claimed that Ukrainian drones targeted civilian facilities in Dzhankoi, causing damage to power lines, a house, a store, and a college building.
Ukraine's Ministry of Defense said a strike destroyed Russian "Kalibr" cruise missiles being transported by train in the town of Dzhankoi, in Russian-occupied Crimea. Ukrainian authorities did not directly claim responsibility for the strike but said it serves to further "demilitarize Russia and prepare the Crimean peninsula for de-occupation." The strike follows Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Crimea on Saturday to mark the ninth anniversary of its annexation.
Ukraine claims that a shipment of Russian Kalibr cruise missiles was destroyed in transit to the Black Sea Fleet in Crimea. The missiles were destroyed by an explosion in Dzhankoi city, and Ukraine did not explicitly say it was responsible for the blast. The Russian-appointed governor of Crimea said anti-aircraft weapons were fired in the vicinity of Dzhankoi. The reported destruction of the shipment of cruise missiles in Crimea follows Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the peninsula on Saturday in an unannounced tour to mark the ninth anniversary of the region’s annexation from Ukraine.
Russian Kalibr cruise missiles being transported by railway in the occupied Crimea were destroyed in an explosion in Dzhankoi, according to Ukrainian military intelligence. The incident has been described as part of the "mysterious ‘cotton’" process of Russia's demilitarisation and preparation for the liberation of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea.