June 2024 Sevastopol missile attack
| June 2024 Sevastopol missile attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War | |
The beach in Uchkuyevka, 2022 | |
| Location | Sevastopol, Crimea |
| Date | 23 June 2024 |
Attack type | Missile strike |
| Weapon | fragments of the ATACMS missile |
| Deaths | 4 (2 children) |
| Injured | 151 |
On 23 June 2024, according to the Russian Ministry of Defence fragments from a US-provided Ukrainian ATACMS missile that was shot down by a Russian anti-air system fell over a beach in Sevastopol, Crimea. The submunitions mostly exploded in the sea, as well as along the shore of the beaches at Uchkuyivka and Lyubimovka on the northern outskirts of Sevastopol. According to Russian authorities, the attack killed four people and injured around 151 others.