KIEV, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) confirmed that it struck the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Crimea on Friday.

 

"The Ukrainian defense forces launched a successful strike on the headquarters of the command of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in temporarily occupied Sevastopol," the strategic communications directorate of the AFU said in a Telegram post.

 

The attack was carried out at around midday local time (GMT 0900), it said.

 

Earlier in the day, the Russian Defense Ministry said that a building of Russia's Black Sea Fleet headquarters in the city of Sevastopol was damaged in Ukraine's missile attack.

 

"The enemy launched a missile strike on the fleet's headquarters. A fragment fell near the Lunacharsky Theatre," local governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said in a Telegram post.