Explosions were heard close to the Crimean Bridge, which connects Russia’s interior with the annexation-zone peninsula. A tanker in the Kerch Strait was reportedly damaged by a Ukrainian drone strike earlier.
The Russian Federal Agency for Sea and River Transport stated that the tanker “Sig” had a puncture near the engine room. According to the press announcement, a marine drone most likely struck the vessel.
The business “Transpetrochart” is the tanker’s owner. There were no casualties, according to TASS, and the crew numbered 11. Several persons were mildly harmed by broken glass, according to Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the administration in the Zaporizhzhia area that was chosen by Moscow.
Information concerning the tanker was not made available by the Russian Maritime Rescue Coordination Center. The Crimean Bridge’s traffic was temporarily suspended but has since resumed.
The tanker was assaulted a day after Ukrainian soldiers used an autonomous boat to attack a Russian amphibious assault ship close to the Novorossiysk base in the Black Sea. The ship experienced a significant breach, according to a source from Ukrainian intelligence, and was unable to take part in combat missions.
Furthermore, over the Black Sea on Saturday, a Russian Su-30 fighter jet intercepted and deflected a US Reaper MQ-9 military drone.
In order to “prevent a violation of the Russian state border” by a US Reaper MQ-9 military drone over the Black Sea, Russia reportedly sent out a Su-30 fighter plane on Saturday, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
The Ministry went on to explain that “the foreign reconnaissance drone made a U-turn away from the border as the Russian fighter approached.”
They also mentioned that there had been no border violations and that the Russian aircraft had safely returned to its airbase.
