An overnight Ukrainian blitz damages Russia's Black Sea naval stronghold, Zelenskyy says
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, second right, visits the Varyag missile cruiser of the Pacific Fleet to watch a military exercise near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, on Sakhalin Island, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Russian Pacific Fleet Commander-in-Chief Admiral Viktor Liina attends a meeting with navy officers on board of the Varyag missile cruiser of the Pacific Fleet during a military exercise near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, on Sakhalin Island, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Varyag missile cruiser of the Pacific Fleet to watch a military exercise near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, on Sakhalin Island, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, as Admiral Viktor Liina follows him. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, listens to a navy officer as he visits the Varyag missile cruiser of the Pacific Fleet to watch a military exercise near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, on Sakhalin Island, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, as Admiral Viktor Liina, right, looks on. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, second right, visits the Varyag missile cruiser of the Pacific Fleet to watch a military exercise near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, on Sakhalin Island, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)