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Ukraine damages Russian SIG tanker, other attacks foiled

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 5 Aug 2023 10:01
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The Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to target several locations early on Saturday morning but were faced with retaliatory Russian fire resulting in the death of about 90 of their personnel.

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  • Russian SIG tanker is a Chemical/Oil Products Tanker built in 2014. (Vessel Finder)
    Russian SIG tanker is a Chemical/Oil Products Tanker built in 2014. (Vessel Finder)

A sea drone attack targeted Russia's SIG tanker located close to Crimea, on Saturday, and damaged its engine room, according to Russia's Federal Agency for Marine and River Transport. 

The agency stated that "the SIG tanker ... received a hole in the engine room near the waterline on the starboard side, preliminarily as a result of a sea drone attack," however, it also underscored that there were no casualties.
 
Also on Saturday, Alexander Savchuk, the head of the Center Group of Force's press office, told Sputnik that the Russian armed forces foiled attacks by Ukraine targeting the mechanized bridges "in the Krasnolymansk direction, in the areas of the Torsky section and the forest area of Serebryansky."

Savchuk further revealed that Ukraine, in its failed attempts, lost "up to 90 militants, and an infantry fighting vehicle, two armored vehicles and two mortars were destroyed," reaffirming that the "artillery fire and strikes by the army aviation of the Center Group foiled attack."

Russia's armed forces also thwarted Ukrainian mechanized brigades' attempts to attack in the Krasnolymansk direction, "the enemy has lost up to 90 people and several units of military equipment," Alexander Savchuk, the head of the Center Group of Forces' press center, has told Sputnik. 
 
Additionally, the Russian armed forces downed four drones successfully, and strikes were also deemed successful against Ukrainian strongholds in the vicinity of Torsky and Serebryansky.

Ukrainian attack against Novorossiysk naval base thwarted: Russian MoD

The Russian Defense Ministry announced in the early hours of Friday that it had foiled an attack by Ukraine, which targeted the Novorossiysk Russian naval base with two unmanned boats.
 
The statement, published by the ministry, read that "this night, the Ukrainian armed forces attempted to attack the Novorossiysk naval base with two unmanned sea boats," adding that the boats were "visually detected and destroyed by fire from the standard weapons of Russian ships guarding the outer raid of the naval base."

The attack comes days after Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the annual Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg, where he said that Russia is continuing to increase its naval force, with 30 new vessels set to enter service this year alone.

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