Ukraine war: Kyiv says it sank Russian submarine, hit depots

The Ukrainian militaryon Saturday (Aug 3) said it had sunk a submarine in Russian-controlled Sevastopol, attacked a southern Russian airfield, and hit oil depots and fuel and lubricant storage facilities in Russia's Belgorod, Kursk, and Rostov regions.

In a post on X, the Ukrainian defence ministry said, "A Russian submarine went to the bottom of the Black Sea." The ministry named thevessel as the B-237 Rostov-on-Don attack submarine.

The military's general staff said the attack on Sevastopol port also significantly damaged four launchers of the S-400 anti-aircraft "Triumf" defence system.

Russia reacts to attacks on oil depots

Russia did not comment on the submarine attack in Sevastopol.

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military said that the attack on oil depots and fuel and lubricant storage facilities in Belgorod, Kursk, and Rostov regions set fire to at least two oil tanks.

Officials in Russia said that tanks at a fuel storage depot in the Kamensky district of Rostov region caught fire as a result of a drone attack, a report by the news agency Reuters said.

Belgorod's governor said that Ukraine-launched drones caused a fire at an oil storage depot there, adding that the fire was extinguished and no one was injured, Reuters reported.

The attack on Russian airfield

In other overnight attacks, the Ukrainian military said thatit hit an ammunition depot at Morozovsk airfield where Russian forces stored guided aerial bombs among other equipment and many oil depots and fuel storage facilities.

Reacting to the strikes, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday said, "Russian combat aviation must be destroyed wherever it is, by all effective means. It is also quite fair to strike at Russian airfields. And we need this joint solution with our partners - a security solution."

President Zelensky addedthat Russian forces had used over 600 guided aerial bombs to attackUkrainein the past week.

Hailing the strikes, he added, "I would like to thank each of our soldiers and all those who work in our defence industry."

(With inputs from agencies)

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