- Title: Video purports to show moment sea drone strikes Russian tanker
- Date: 5th August 2023
- Summary: GIVEN AS OFF KERCH STRAIT (RELEASED AUGUST 5, 2023) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOT) MARITIME DRONE SAILING ACROSS WATERS TOWARDS RUSSIAN TANKER, THEN SCREEN WITH NO VIDEO SIGNAL
- Embargoed: 19th August 2023 10:51
- Keywords: Crimea bridge SIG vessel oil tanker sea drone
- Location: GIVEN AS OFF KERCH STRAIT
- City: GIVEN AS OFF KERCH STRAIT
- Country: Ukraine
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA001251305082023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A Ukrainian intelligence source told Reuters on Saturday (August 5) a Ukrainian maritime drone carrying 450 kg of explosives hit a Russian tanker near the Crimea Bridge.
The source released a video said to be filmed on Saturday (August 5) that appears to show the drone sailing towards the tanker before hitting it.
Reuters was able to identify the ship as the SIG oil and chemical tanker from the silhouette, writing on the bridge seen in the video which matched file imagery and the latest satellite position which located the vessel off Kerch strait. Reuters was not able to independently verify the location or the date the video was filmed.
The Russian oil tanker was struck as it transported fuel for the Russian military, the Ukrainian intelligence source said adding it was a joint operation by the Security Service of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Navy, and that it had been conducted in Ukrainian territorial waters.
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