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Sevastopol (/ ˌ s ɛ v ə ˈ s t oʊ p əl, s ə ˈ v æ s t ə p oʊ l /), [a] sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea and a major port on the Black Sea.Due to its strategic location and the navigability of the city's harbours, Sevastopol has been an important port and naval base throughout its history.
On 23 June 2024, fragments from a US-provided Ukrainian ATACMS missile that was shot down by a Russian anti-air system fell over a beach in Sevastopol, Crimea.According to Russian authorities, the attack killed four or five people and injured around 151 others.
Occupied since 2014, Crimea was a base for the subsequent Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast and Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The Ukrainian government has not accepted responsibility for all of the attacks, although it did later claim responsibility for the strike on the naval headquarters.
A Ukrainian missile attack on the Sevastopol Shipyard in Russian-annexed Crimea this week caused heavy damage to a large Russian landing ship and submarine, commercial satellite imagery showed.
Mikhail Razvozhayev, the governor of Sevastopol, which is the main base of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, said the drone attack damaged the city’s power plant. He said it could take a day to restore energy supplies and announced schools in the city would be closed temporarily.
Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 following unrest which forced a Russia-friendly president from office in Kyiv. Drone fragments hit areas of Sevastopol in Russian-occupied Crimea, governor says Skip ...
Ukraine has identified the ships hit in its attack against a Russian naval base in occupied Crimea, claiming the vessels are beyond repair. Ukraine identifies ships hit in Sevastopol attack ...
Fuel oil spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers nearly three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, close to eastern Crimea — some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from Sevastopol, which lies on the southwest of the peninsula. “Today a regional emergency regime has been declared in Sevastopol,” regional Gov. Mikhail Razvozhaev wrote on Telegram.