A Russian tanker under U.S. sanctions was hit by Ukrainian drone near a strategic bridge in the Kerch Strait that links Russia to the annexed Crimean peninsula, Kremlin officials say.
near a strategic bridge in the Kerch Strait that links Russia to the annexed Crimean Peninsula, Kremlin officials said Saturday.
There was no immediate public claim of responsibility by Kyiv, which usually refrains from taking credit for attacks on Russian soil, but a source in Ukraine’s Security Service, the SBU, told NBC News that it “blew up a large oil tanker of the Russian Federation” in a joint operation with the navy. Video broadcast on Ukrainian television and shared by several officials on social media showed a sea drone moving toward the tanker before striking it. The footage cuts out before an explosion is visible. NBC News was not able to independently verify the footage.
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