Strikes on the Fleet of the Russian Federation in Crimea: Issw evaluated the effects of the Kremlin attack

This was reported by analysts of the Institute of War Study in the daily report for September 13. According to the spokesman of the GUR IU Andriy Yusov, the missiles were hit by the Suven repair plant "Sevmorzavod" and damaged repair structures and two Russian ships. The Russian Defense Ministry stated that Russian air defense has intercepted seven of ten winged missiles, but acknowledged that rockets struck two ships that were on repair in a dry dock.

The spokeswoman for the South Operations Command Natalia Humeniuk stressed that there were no Russian rocket launchers during the blow, but the intelligence did not know which submarine was in a dry dock. Analysts believe that the destruction of two vessels will lead to the dry dock will cease to be able to work until the Russian Federation removes the fragments, which may take a certain period of time. Currently, the degree of damage to the factory repair capacity is unknown.

After the rocket strike, the occupying authorities of Crimea reported damaged dwellings and injuries to several dozen people, but there was no information about whether the Russian military was injured. Russian propagandist Volodymyr Solovyov was indignant due to a rocket strike and stated the need for a corresponding blow to Western enterprises that would produce missiles that were probably used by the Armed Forces during a blow.

"Solovyov's call to escalation with the West is a template rhetoric for his internal audience, but does not reflect any actual Kremlin position on this issue," analysts said. The ISW added that Russian troops are concerned that Ukraine may be a harbinger of activating a campaign to return Ukraine to the temporarily occupied Crimea. On the night of September 12 to September 13, in the temporarily occupied Sevastopol, the winged rockets struck the Sergo Ordzhonikidze Shipyard.

As a result of the attack, two enemy vessels were damaged-a diesel-electric submarine "Rostov-on-Don" and a large landing ship "Minsk". Russia reported that two people were killed as a result of the attack and were injured in 26. However, the media with reference to its own sources in the leadership of the Sevastopol Maritime Plant. Sergo Ordzhonikidze stated that none of the employees had died or injured.