Vessel was under UnitedStates sanctions for providing jet fuel to Russian forces support Assad in Syria PUBLISHED : 5 Aug 2023 at 21: 45 The Kerch bridge links the Russian mainland to Crimea, which Moscow annexed in2014 (Photo: AFP) KYIV: Ukraine brought out a drone strike overnight on a Russian tanker in the Kerch Strait, a day after one of Moscow’s ships was struck in the Black Sea, a Ukrainian security source informed AFP on Saturday. It was the newest attack around the Black Sea giventhat Moscow left a offer last month that had secured Ukrainian grain exports regardlessof the dispute inbetween Ukraine and Russia. “Overnight the (Ukrainian Security Service) SBU blew up the ‘SIG’, a big oil tanker belonging to the Russian Federation that was carrying fuel for Russian soldiers,” the Ukrainian source stated. The “successful unique operation”, which included a marine drone and dynamites, was brought out collectively with the navy in Ukrainian territorial waters, the source stated, including that the ship was “well-loaded with fuel, so the ‘fireworks’ might be seen from afar”. In a video gotten by AFP professing to program the attack, a vessel is seen approaching a big ship priorto the connection cuts off. The Russian tanker SIG was struck around 11.20pm on Friday south of the Kerch Strait, Russia’s Federal Agency for Sea and Inland Water Transport stated. The oil and chemical tanker is under UnitedStates sanctions for providing jet fuel to Russian
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