Russia struck Vinnytsia from a ship near Cape Fiolent in Crimea Pivden (South) Operational Command
FRIDAY, 15 JULY 2022, 02:33
On 14 July, Russian forces fired three Kalibr missiles from a missile ship near Cape Fiolent in Russian-occupied Crimea.
Source: Pivden (South) Operational Command on Facebook
Quote: "A small missile ship [a missile carrying corvette - ed.] launched three Kalibr missiles, which hit Vinnytsia, from the area of Cape Fiolent."
Details: Fiolent is a cape on the Heracles Peninsula in the Balaklava District, near the city of Sevastopol.
Earlier: The Office of the President of Ukraine and the Air Force Command have reported that the Russians struck Vinnytsia with Kalibr missiles launched from a submarine in the Black Sea.
Background:
On the morning of 14 July, the Russian forces launched a missile attack on the centre of Vinnytsia, causing several fires to break out.
The General Staff reported that three Russian missiles had hit the city, and two more had been struck down by Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile forces near the village of Rakhny in Vinnytsia Oblast.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine, has called this strike a terrorist attack.
Russian propagandist Margarita Simonyan, referring to the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, claims that the missile attack on Vinnytsia, which killed 20 civilians, was allegedly carried out on a "nationalists’ accommodation point."
Currently, the death toll of the Russian missile attack on Vinnytsia has increased to 23, 64 people have been hospitalised, 5 are in critical condition.