Blasts in Crimea, pro-Russia officials report Ukraine drone attack

[Kennah]

Source: Reuters

Residents of Russian-occupied Crimea reported an explosion near the bridge linking the peninsula to the Russian mainland early on Saturday, but a Russia-installed official in the region denied the bridge had come under attack.

Other pro-Russian officials in occupied areas of Ukraine said the explosions were linked to an attack by Ukrainian drones. Some reports said a tanker sailing under a Russian flag sustained damage.

Ukraine made no statement on those reports.

Traffic was halted on the bridge in the early morning, the third such stop in the past 24 hours.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/crimea-residents-hear-blast-russia-installed-official-says-unrelated-bridge-2023-08-04/

[oldsoftie]

1. Gotta drop the Kerch Bridge somehow. nt

[COL Mustard]

2. Ukraine doesn't need to report on what they're doing

The blasts speak for themselves!

Slava Ukraini!!!

[Kennah]

3. Even Putin agrees, it's a blast

[COL Mustard]

4. Bwahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!

Dr. Evil loves that!!!

[Kennah]

5. Indeed he does

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Ukraine claims responsibility for attack on Russian tanker near Crimea

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“Overnight the [Ukrainian Security Service] SBU blew up the ‘SIG’, a large oil tanker of the Russian Federation that was transporting fuel for Russian troops,” the security source told AFP.

It added that the “successful special operation”, which involved a naval drone and explosives, was carried out jointly with the Navy on Ukrainian territorial waters.

The source described the targeted vessel as “one of the most powerful oil tankers of the Russian Federation … It was well-loaded with fuel, so the ‘fireworks’ could be seen from afar.”

Russian authorities said the SIG tanker was hit around late last night local time south of the Kerch Strait. The oil and chemical tanker is under US sanctions for supplying jet fuel to Russian forces in Syria supporting president Bashar al-Assad.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/aug/05/russia-ukraine-war-live-russian-tanker-hit-by-drones-saudi-arabia-talks-will-be-difficult-says-kyiv-envoy?page=with:block-64ce09da8f082f4d58913b98#block-64ce09da8f082f4d58913b98

Footage from the drone here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-66414547