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<\/p>\nVLADIMIR Putin's feared Black Sea fleet headquarters was blitzed by a suspected Ukrainian Storm Shadow missile attack today.<\/p>\n
Footage shows black smoke billowing from the burning and partially collapsed building in the Russian-held Crimean city of Sevastopol in a humiliating blow to Russia.<\/p>\n
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The Russian-appointed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, confirmed today's attack, which is believed to have been caused by a British or French-supplied Storm Shadow missile.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe enemies launched a missile attack on the fleet headquarters,\u201d he said, adding that "another attack was possible".<\/p>\n
Dozens of ambulances were reported rushing to the headquarters in the naval port to put the huge fire out. <\/p>\n
It suffered "severe damage", said one report.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The strike is one of the most significant of the entire war, as was the infamous sinking of the fleet\u2019s flagship, the Moskva cruiser, last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Debris from the missile attack on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet was scattered over hundreds of metres.<\/p>\n
The governor warned the population to "please remain calm."<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cPlease do not travel to the city centre. Don't leave buildings.\u00a0<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAt the sound of the siren, everyone who is near the fleet headquarters should proceed to shelters.<\/p>\n \u201cEmployees of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations are working on the spot\u2026 Firefighters are taking all measures to put out the fire as quickly as possible."<\/p>\n Prominent Russian pro-war blogger Vladimir Rogov said: \u201cThe headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol was attacked by Ukrainian missiles.\u201d<\/p>\n He said the attack was carried out \u201cby British Storm Shadow missiles\u201d.<\/p>\n This has not been immediately confirmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n Ukraine has not yet commented on the attack.<\/p>\n In recent months, Ukraine has stepped up its attacks on Russia's Black Sea fleet using both Storm Shadow and Neptune missiles to target Crimea as well as kamikaze drones.\u00a0<\/p>\n The fleet has been responsible for multiple missile attacks on Ukraine, and is central to Putin\u2019s subjugation of around one-fifth of Ukrainian territory.\u00a0<\/p>\n Other explosions reportedly hit elsewhere in Crimea including around peninsula capital Simferopol.\u00a0<\/p>\n Drones were downed today in Sevastopol harbour.\u00a0<\/p>\n The attack came as Putin held a meeting of his security council on relations with neighbouring countries.\u00a0<\/p>\n Earlier this week, a Ukrainian kamikaze drone smashed into an oil depot in the Russian resort of Sochi on the Black Sea.<\/p>\n Shocking footage showed huge flames and thick black smoke pouring into the air from the giant fuel tank just 18 miles from one of Putin's palaces.<\/p>\n Only last week, a barrage of Storm Shadow missiles\u00a0bypassed Putin\u2019s air defence systems to blast naval docks in\u00a0Sevastopol.<\/p>\n Ukraine unleashed at least ten of the cruise missiles alongside drones in the massive assault on Russia's powerful Black Sea fleet.<\/p>\n They also destroyed a Ropucha-class landing ship designed to spew tanks and armoured vehicles onto beaches.<\/p>\n Meanwhile on Wednesday, a daring Ukrainian black ops raid hit two planes and a helicopter at a high security airfield just 20 miles from the Kremlin.<\/p>\n The saboteurs are suspected of the audacious strike at Chkalovsky Air Base, where Putin\u00a0keeps an Il-80 Doomsday\u00a0aircraft\u00a0in the event of\u00a0nuclear\u00a0war.\u00a0<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2018-premier-leagues-broadcast-deal-426607226.jpg\")
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