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Yet another Russian warship was reportedly ablaze today after a suspected Ukrainian missile strike.
Video showed a fire purportedly on a vessel in Sevastopol's Sukharnaya Bay after explosions were heard in the annexed Crimean naval port.
One report from Ukrainian Telegram channel Crimean Wind suggested the world's oldest active naval vessel had been hit, the 109-year-old Kommuna, built in the reign of the last Tsar, Nicholas II.
A 315ft long salvage ship, it was used during the current war when the Russian navy investigated the sinking of the fleet's flagship, the Moskva, in 2022, according to accounts.
There was no official confirmation that the distinctive and historic Kommuna, commissioned in 1915, was hit, triggering flames and smoke.
The Putin-appointed Sevastopol governor admitted to a 'small fire' after an incoming missile had been repelled by the port's defences, but did not name the ship
Video showed a fire purportedly on a vessel in Sevastopol's Sukharnaya Bay after explosions were heard in the annexed Crimean naval port
One report from Ukrainian Telegram channel Crimean Wind suggested the world's oldest active naval vessel had been hit,
