Russian pilots mistakenly hit a ship transporting 26,000 tons of grain to Egypt, U.K. defense officials said.
Russian pilots flying a Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber mistakenly hit a grain ship in the Black Sea having 'targeted it in haste,' likely while trying to evade Ukrainian air defenses, U.K. defense officials have said.The British Ministry of Defence said in a social media post that the merchant vessel Aya may have narrowly avoided catastrophic damage because a missile failed to detonate.The Russian Defense Ministry has been contacted for comment via email.
'It is a realistic possibility that this incident occurred due to pilots incorrectly identifying MV Aya as their target in haste, wanting to depart the area immediately after launch for fear of being targeted by a Ukrainian surface-to-air missile,' British officials said.They reported that Russia has grown increasingly cautious about its strike operations in the Black Sea region since the loss of a Tu-22 earlier this year.
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