Ukrainian forces strike two Russian ships in the Black Sea

On Thursday morning, Ukrainian soldiers attacked two Russian patrol ships in the Black Sea.

Rubryka reports, citing AFU's StratCom, that two Russian Vasyl Bykov patrol ships were hit and received some damage.

"On the morning of September 14, 2023, the Defense Forces attacked two patrol ships of the project 22160 type "Vasyl Bykov" of the Russian occupation fleet in the southwestern part of the Black Sea," the statement said.

Vasyl Bykov ships is a series of Russian patrol ships (corvettes) of the 3rd rank. They have guided missile weapons in the near and far sea zone. These are the first Russian ships to use the modular concept of weapons.

What we know about the attack on the occupied Sevastopol

On Wednesday night, powerful explosions rocked occupied Sevastopol in Crimea. Occupying "authorities" confirmed a fire at a ship repair plant in the Kilen-balka area, and the Russian defense ministry reported the damage to two ships.

The Russian defense department said that ten cruise missiles struck the ship repair plant in Sevastopol. They added, "Three unmanned boats attacked a group of ships of the Black Sea Fleet on a sea crossing."

RBC-Ukraine, citing sources in Ukrainian intelligence, and OSINT researcher M.T. Anderson reported that on the night of September 13, the attack on the occupied Sevastopol damaged a large Russian amphibious ship and a submarine.

According to Anderson, as of the morning of September 12, other key vessels of the Russian Black Sea Fleet were also in the city port: Buyan-M and Admiral Makarov.

The OSINT analyst suggested that the Ropucha amphibious assault ship and the KILO submarine were damaged.