Missile strike sinks Russian Warship

Zelensky hails airstrike on warship as Russia says British missile is to blame

- Mark Reynolds

A UKRAINIAN airstrike yesterday "destroyed" a key Russian warship in occupied Crimea, "killing dozens", Kyiv said.

Footage filmed by residents showed a huge explosion and inferno on the Novocherkassk landing vessel, part of Russia's Black Sea Fleet.

The docked warship was understood to have been loaded with munitions when the guided missile pounded into its side at 2.50am.

Unconfirmed reports said the Ukrainian strike on the Black Sea port of Feodosia involved a Storm Shadow long-range missile the type supplied by Britain - or possibly the French variant SCALP EG.

Last night, pro-Russia political analyst Sergey Markov, a staunch supporter of President Vladimir Putin, implied British-supplied weaponry was responsible.

He said: "In fact, it was not Ukraine, but Britain that struck the port of Feodosia.