・Senior Russian commanders have been left ‘seriously injured’ after Ukrainian missiles struck Vladimir Putin’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters. Colonel-General Alexander Romanchuk and Lieutenant General Oleg Tsekov were ‘seriously wounded’ when Storm Shadow missiles hit the Navy HQ in Sevastopol, according to Ukraine’s military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov. At least nine military personnel were killed and 16 wounded in the attack. ‘Among the wounded is the commander of the group, Colonel-General Alexander Romanchuk, in a very serious condition,’ the spymaster told Voice of America.
The contribution of the Special Operations Forces on September 22 allowed for a successful strike on the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet where a meeting of the Russian navy bosses was being held at the moment in temporarily occupied Sevastopol. The operation was entitled Crab Trap.