Crew members have extinguished a fire aboard a ferry following a Ukrainian drone attack on Port Kavkaz in southern Russia, a spokesperson for the Krasnodar Region’s marine services told TASS.
"The crew has put out the fire; there is no risk of the vessel sinking," he said.
Earlier, Krasnodar Region Governor Veniamin Kondratyev wrote on Telegram that the Ukrainian armed forces had attacked a ferry at Port Kavkaz, causing it to catch fire. However, there was no risk of the fire spreading.
A regional emergency official told TASS that the incident had killed one and left another five injured.
One person has been killed and others wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack on a ferry at port in southern Russia, the regional governor has said.
ReplyDeleteKrasnodar governor Veniamin Kondratyev said the ferry had caught fire at Port Kavkaz but there was no risk of it spreading.
The port lies a few kilometres from the Kerch bridge, which enables road and rail travel between Russia and the Crimean peninsula