Russia’s Rostov Region Governor Yuriy Slyusar said for the second time in just a few days that two tankers had been damaged in the Taganrog Bay during an overnight drone attack.
“In the Taganrog Bay, UAVs again attacked two tankers, which sustained mechanical damage. There were no injuries. The tanker crews were evacuated,” Slyusar wrote on Telegram.
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According to the governor on Thursday, the strike sparked fires aboard both vessels. One fire was still being extinguished as of his latest update, while the other had been fully put out.
Slyusar also claimed that Russian air defenses had intercepted more than two dozen drones over the Rostov region overnight. However, Ukrainian authorities have yet to comment on the attack.
Ukrainian drones struck a convoy of Russian shadow fleet tankers in the Sea of Azov overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, setting several vessels ablaze and reportedly forcing the crew of at least one tanker to abandon ship.
Slyusar confirmed that two tankers bound for the port of Rostov were damaged in the attack.
At the time, he said two people sustained minor injuries and the crew of one of the vessels had to be evacuated.
“The tankers were empty, and there was no spill of petroleum products. Information about the consequences will be clarified,” he wrote following Tuesday’s attack.
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) claimed that more than nine Russian tankers were hit during the latest operation near the Kerch Strait.
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