Footage captures moment Ukraine kamikaze drone takes out SECOND Russian warship in just 24 hours as it hits tanker carrying cargo and explosives in the Black Sea in another blow to Putin's fleet

Daily Mail ^ | 8/5/2023 | WILL STEWART and OLIVIA JONES

[marcusmaximus]

This is the moment a Ukrainian kamikaze sea drone strikes a Russian tanker carrying cargo and explosives in a second blow to Vladimir Putin in just 24 hours.

Footage shows how the 4,754-ton SIG oil and chemical tanker was struck by an unmanned marine drone in the Black Sea off the coast of annexed Crimea.

A Ukrainian intelligence source said that the drone with 450 kg of explosives hit the SIG vessel as it transported fuel for the Russian military in Ukrainian territorial waters.

'The tanker was well loaded with fuel, so the 'fireworks' were seen from afar,' they said.

The engine room of the 463ft-long vessel was flooded and the 11 crew members suffered abrasions from shattered glass.

The hit came soon after Russian warship Olenegorsky Gornyak was left badly damanged and towed back to port on Friday after a sea drone attack.

A giant fireball explosion seen from the shore was initially thought to have been an attack on Vladimir Putin's £3 billion Crimean Bridge which also faced overnight drone assaults.

But it emerged that the strike last night was on the SIG oil and chemical tanker which regularly carries cargoes - allegedly including explosives - between Russia and Syria.

[marcusmaximus]

[sauropod]

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[Chauncey Gardiner]

Correction - not Ukrainian, it was more likely a US drone. Expect a US military casualties.

[PIF]

[jimwatx]

Don’t be surprised when Russia starts taking down our satellites we use to help Ukraine target these ships.

[marcusmaximus]

[Fai Mao]

A drone is unmanned, cannot be a Kamakazi

[E. Pluribus Unum]

All gazzlight. All the time.

[Vermont Lt]

Russia will do no such thing. We know it and they know it.

[desertsolitaire]

Bring it on Russians, if you dare. I don’t believe they do.
And if they do, well we’ll see about that. I expect we clobber them that way too. If they are dumb enough to escalate they were always going to anyway. Better to not let a mad dog lurk forever.

[MarMema]

Oooh. Someone is gonna pay big-time for this.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

450kg is close to a 1,000 pound bomb (992lb). That will leave an ouchy place.

[tet68]

Never forget, the enemy has a vote too.

[Alter Kaker]

Correction - not Ukrainian, it was more likely a US drone. Expect a US military casualties.

Grow up.

[wildcard_redneck]

All the leftist armchair warriors do not really understand what this really means. The age of the surface warship is over. All of the money that the US has spent on super-carriers is now wasted. The Russians and the Chinese have hypersonic anti-ship missiles with extremely long ranges. America is still struggling with developing their own hypersonic missiles.

[cowboyusa]

Putin is incompetent, another Russian Leader would not be.

[Farmerbob]

How are the Russian hypersonic missiles doing? I haven’t heard much about them since six were shot down at once by a 20th century AA system.

[Noumenon]

Nyet smokski

[wildcard_redneck]

"How are the Russian hypersonic missiles doing? I haven’t heard much about them since six were shot down at once by a 20th century AA system.

Some were used to knock the grain Nd dock facilities of Odesa. Do your own research.