[6] At noon on 22 September 2023, two or more Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missiles, supplied by France and/or the UK,[1][7][8][9] struck the headquarters of the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet.

The event was filmed[10] and widely shared on social media, and confirmed by Russian installed governor Mikhail Razvozhayev.

Ukraine’s HUR Chief Kyrylo Budanov reported, in an interview with Voice of America the day after the attack, that the strike killed "at least nine people" and that 16 were injured, including high-ranking officers.

RFE/RL wrote that "Romanchuk commands frontline forces defending Russian-occupied parts of southeastern Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya region.

[17] As videos of the strike circulated on Russian social media the following day, TASS increased the reported number of injured to six but reiterated that nobody was killed and that the situation was under control.