Ukrainian Navy hits sanctioned tanker MARQUISE

On the morning of Wednesday, April 29, a unit of the Ukrainian Navy hit the sanctioned tanker MARQUISE under the flag of Cameroon using two unmanned kamikaze boats. This is stated in a message from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The General Staff said that at the time of the hit, the vessel was drifting, in the area of ​​210 km southeast of the city of Tuapse (the aggressor country of the russian federation) without an AIS signal (a system used in shipping to identify vessels, their dimensions, course and other data). It was probably expecting to be loaded at sea from another vessel.

The damage was inflicted in the stern, in the area of ​​the propeller-steering group and the engine room.

The military recalled that the tanker MARQUISE is under sanctions from Ukraine, Great Britain, the European Union, Switzerland, New Zealand and Canada and was used by the enemy for the illegal transportation of oil products.

"The extent of the damage is being clarified," the General Staff noted.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on the night of April 28, the Defense Forces again hit the Tuapse oil refinery in the Krasnodar Krai of the aggressor country, the russian federation.