[1/2] A combination image of satellite photos shows Sevastopol, Crimea before a Ukrainian missile attack, on September 12, 2023 (inset) and a view of the same site after the missile attack, on September 13, 2023. BlackSky/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Sept 14 (Reuters) - A Ukrainian missile attack on the Sevastopol Shipyard in Russian-annexed Crimea this week caused heavy damage to a large Russian landing ship and submarine, commercial satellite imagery showed. Kyiv said on Wednesday the two vessels were likely beyond repair after the pre-dawn missile attack on the port city of Sevastopol. Russia's defence ministry confirmed the strike, but said the vessels would be fully repaired and return to service. "The Minsk Project 775 Ropucha-class landing ship and the Rostov-on-Don Kilo-class submarine vessels... sustained damage," the company wrote on the X social media platform late on Wednesday, publishing the images.

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Persons: Don Kilo, Tom Balmforth, Timothy Organizations: REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Sevastopol Shipyard, Kyiv, Black Sky, Fleet, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukrainian, Handout, Russian, Russia's, Minsk, Rostov, Ukraine