Ukrainian sea drone attacks Russian oil tanker

TAKING THE FIGHT TO RUSSIA. ALI ARUE SI HAS DETAILS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, NEW VIDEO OF AN OVERNIGHT SEA DRONE ATTACK ON A RUSSIAN OIL TANKER SOUTH OF THE CRIMEA BRIDGE. THIS VIDEO APPEARS TO SHOW THE MOMENT THE DRONE STRIKES THE TANKER. THE VIDEO CUTTING OUT ON IMPACT. A RUSSIAN OFFICIAL TONIGHT CALLING IT A TERRORIST ATTACK AGAINST A CIVILIAN SHIP. UKRAINIAN SECURITY SERVICES TELLING NBC NEWS THE TARGETED VESSEL WAS TRANSPORTING FUEL FOR RUSSIAN TROOPS. IT WAS THE SECOND ATTACK OF ITS KIND IN AS MANY DAYS. ON FRIDAY, AN UNMANNED SEA DRONE UNDER THE COVER OF NIGHT STRUCK AND DISABLED A RUSSIAN LANDING SHIP IN A BLACK SEA PORT. RUSSIA'S DEFENSE MINISTRY CLAIMED IT THWARTED AN ATTACK, BUT MADE NO MENTION OF THE SHIP. VIDEO CIRCULATING ONLINE, HOWEVER, SHOWED A SHIP RESEMBLING THE ONE ATTACKED LIMPING BACK TO PORT. UKRAINE'S COUNTEROFFENSIVE HASN'T BEEN THE QUANTUM LEAP KWOOEF HAD HOPED FOR SO FAR, BUT RECENTLY ATTACKS, BE THEY ON A BATTLESHIP IN THE BLACK SEA, OR A HIGH RISE IN MOSCOW, HAVE BROUGHT THE VIOLENCE OF THE WAR TO THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE. UKRAINE DOESN'T USUALLY CLAIM DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE TYPES OF ATTACKS, BUT PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY DID CONGRATULATE THE

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Length: 1min 39sec (99 seconds)

Published: Sun Aug 06 2023