Armed Forces destroy the facility of the 744th Communications Center of the Russian Black Sea Fleet Command in Crimea

21 September, 2023 Satellite image of the destroyed object. Source: Radio Liberty Satellite images of the damaged 744th Communications Center of the Headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation near the village of Verkhniosadove in occupied Crimea have been released.

Radio Svoboda published the corresponding pictures. The center was hit on September 20, and at least one building was seriously damaged. Judging by the images taken by Planet Labs on September 21, part of the building is completely destroyed.

Militarnyi previously reported that Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missiles attacked Russian military facilities in occupied Crimea.

Satellite image of the object before the damage. Source: Radio Svoboda

At the time, the editors suggested that the Communications Center near Verkhniosadove might have been hit. The reserve command center of the Ukrainian Navy (military unit A2929) was located there prior to the occupation of Crimea.

The Russian military might have moved the Headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet to a preserve command center in Verkhnosadove after recent successful attacks on Russian facilities in Sevastopol. Local residents also reported alleged explosions near the Belbek airfield, located near Sevastopol. However, there is no confirmed information on this at the moment.

On September 13, similarly, Storm Shadow/SCALP missiles struck a shipyard in Sevastopol.

As a result, the Minsk Project 775 large landing ship and the Rostov-on-Don Project 636.3 submarine were completely destroyed.

The Rostov-on-Don submarine was a carrier of long-range Kalibr-NK cruise missiles, which it repeatedly used to strike Ukrainian civilian facilities and infrastructure.