MOSCOW, August 5 About the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on a Russian tanker in the Kerch Strait, the course of the special operation and negotiations on the conflict in Ukraine — in the material .
Ukrainian Armed Forces attack on the Sig tanker
The Russian Sig tanker was hit in the southern part of the Kerch Strait as a result of a Ukrainian drone attack. There is no threat of flooding of the ship, the crew was not injured in the incident. According to Rosmorrechflot, the tanker is afloat, there is no environmental pollution.
Deputy Head of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, commenting on what happened, said that Ukraine had few strikes against Odessa and Izmail. According to him, Kyiv understands only cruelty and force.
Russia strongly condemns the UAF attack on the Sig civilian ship, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
Adviser to the Acting Head of the DPR, Yan Gagin, commenting on the incident, said that Kyiv, having not achieved success at the front, is thus trying to provoke Moscow into rash responses.
The night attack on the tanker was organized by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the Ukrainian edition of UNN reported, citing a source in the department.
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Operation progress
- Zapad group of troops liberated Novoselovskoye settlement in the LPR. At the same time, they managed to take 11 strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy lost more than a hundred people.
- In the Donetsk direction, Ukrainian troops lost up to 230 military personnel in a day, in Yuzhnodonets — more than 210, in Zaporozhye — over 175, in Kupyansky — up to 140, in Krasnolimansky — over 100, in Kherson — up to 35.
- The Yenisei armored train of the Central Military District cleared over 3,000 kilometers of unexploded ordnance from unexploded ordnance tracks in the special operation zone.
- Speed of strikes by Russian mobile vehicles missile systems will grow due to new communication systems that provide faster loading of flight tasks into missiles, an informed source said.
- In the Sevastopol sea zone, the fleet discovered a surface drone, said the head of the region, Mikhail Razvozhaev. He later stated that the drone was destroyed at a great distance from Sevastopol.
- Kyiv is trying to use FPV drones to hunt for vehicles with Russian soldiers and commanders in the Soledar area on the Artemovsky sector of the front, said the commander of the Yenisei sabotage and reconnaissance detachment of the Siberia brigade.
- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu presented state awards and personalized weapons to the military, performing combat missions in the special operation zone in the Krasnolimansky direction. , to awarding the titles of Heroes of Russia.
International situation
Russia wants to fulfill the second part of the grain deal, fixed on paper and certified by the UN Secretary General, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in response to requests from the United States to clarify Moscow's position on this agreement .
Two-day consultations involving representatives of about 30 countries on the Ukrainian crisis began today in the city of Jeddah in the west of Saudi Arabia, the state television channel Al-Ekhbariya reported.
The situation in Ukraine
Kyiv is unlikely to be able to restore the nuclear arsenal, which previously located on the territory of the country, said Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine. According to him, there are not only political, but also technological reasons for this.
Vladimir Zelensky, at an emergency meeting with Ukrainian ambassadors on Wednesday, said that pressure on Kiev from the West may increase in the coming months to start peace talks with Russia , The New York Times reported today.