Russia mentioned on Saturday it could punish Ukraine for utilizing a sea drone to assault a civilian tanker close to the Kerch Strait in what it mentioned was a “terrorist act” that threatened the lives of the crew and risked “a large-scale environmental disaster”.
Both sides mentioned on Saturday {that a} Ukrainian sea drone stuffed with explosives had struck a Russian gasoline tanker in a single day close to a bridge linking Russia to annexed Crimea, the second such assault in 24 hours.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova mentioned that Moscow would retaliate.
“The Kyiv regime, meeting no condemnation from Western countries and international organisations, is actively applying new terrorist methods, this time in the waters of the Black Sea,” Zakharova mentioned in an announcement.
“There can be no justification for such barbaric actions, they will not go unanswered and their authors and perpetrators will inevitably be punished.”
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev earlier on Saturday steered Moscow would launch extra strikes towards Ukrainian ports in response to Kyiv’s assaults on Russian ships within the Black Sea, and threatened at hand Ukraine “an ecological catastrophe”.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
