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Residents in occupied Crimea reported explosion, while Russian-backed official says Ukraine targeted tanker, damaging its engine room, as the conflict between Kiev and Moscow continues on its 528th day Follow our live coverage 👇

Saturday, August 5, 2023Residents of Russian-occupied Crimea reported an explosion near the bridge linking the peninsula to the Russian mainland, but a Russia-backed official in the region denied the bridge had come under attack.

The engine room of a tanker was damaged in an attack by Ukraine in the Kerch Strait, an official from the Marine Rescue Coordination Center of Novorossiysk"The engine room was damaged but not significantly," the official said, adding that the crew of the tanker is safe. Oleg Kryuchkov, an adviser to the head of Crimea, stated that the loud sounds that were heard by the inhabitants of Kerch had nothing to do with the Crimean bridge, according to TASS.

 

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Ukrainian security source confirms Ukraine carried out a drone strike on a Russian tanker in the Kerch Strait, a day after one of Moscow's ships was hit in the Black Sea Follow our live coverage👇

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