A Russian tanker has been damaged in a Ukrainian drone attack in the Kerch Strait, briefly halting traffic on the strategic bridge linking Crimea to Russia
A RUSSIAN TANKER has been damaged in a Ukrainian drone attack in the Kerch Strait, briefly halting traffic on the strategic bridge linking Crimea to Russia.The number of attacks in the Black Sea has increased from both sides since Moscow exited a deal last month that had allowed Ukrainian grain exports via the shipping hub during the conflict between the two countries.
The Marine Traffic vessel-tracking website showed the SIG stationary and attended by tugs just south of the strait. Warship hit The latest attack in the Black Sea came a day after Ukraine said it had carried out a seaborne-drone strike on a Russian navy ship at Novorossiysk naval base in southern Russia.
“The presence of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea … will be put to an end,” Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak said.The port of Novorossiysk also hosts the terminus of a pipeline that carries most Kazakh oil exports through Russia. The Russian defence ministry said yesterday it had downed 13 drones over the Crimean peninsula, without recording casualties or damage.
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