Ukrainian drone sinks Rosatom container ship in Black Sea
A Ukrainian drone sank the container ship 'Yanina' in the Black Sea on the evening of July 31, about 200 km from Novorossiysk. All 17 crew members were rescued. Rosatom head Likhachev called the vessel 'peaceful'. Zelensky confirmed the attack and reported strikes on three oil refineries in Bashkortostan.
A Ukrainian drone sank the container ship 'Yanina' in the Black Sea. The attack occurred on the evening of July 31, approximately 200 km from Novorossiysk. This was reported by the head of Rosatom, Alexey Likhachev, who clarified that all 17 crew members were rescued. Later, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the information and also reported strikes on the infrastructure of three Russian oil refineries in Bashkortostan. According to the BBC Russian Service, the ship 'Yanina' belongs to the logistics company FESCO, which has been part of Rosatom since 2023. Likhachev claims that the vessel was 'peaceful' and was carrying 'civilian products'. Attacks on oil refineries in Ufa were reported by Telegram channels. According to the publication Astra, after the strike of Ukrainian drones, a fire broke out at the Bashneft oil refinery in Ufa. The authorities of Bashkortostan reported 'smoke' on the territory of the industrial zone due to the fallen debris of a downed drone. There are officially no dead or injured.