The Ukrainian side called this matter "absolutely reasonable and effective". Latest update: Russian oil tankers were attacked by Ukrainian unmanned boats in the Kerch Strait | Russia | Kerch
BEIJING, August 5th (Xinhua) -- A Russian oil tanker was attacked by a Ukrainian unmanned boat in the Kerch Strait in the early hours of the 5th. The Ukrainian side responded that any explosion on a Russian ship or the Crimean Bridge was an "absolutely reasonable and effective step.".
——According to TASS citing the Novorossiysk Marine Rescue Coordination Center, a Russian oil tanker was attacked by a Ukrainian unmanned boat in the early hours of the 5th in the Kerch Strait, causing damage to the tanker's engine room, but no casualties were caused, and the attack did not result in a fuel leak. Crimean leader advisor Kluchkov said on social media that residents of Kerch region heard a loud explosion in the early morning of the 5th.
——On the 5th, the Ukrainian International News Agency reported that according to relevant reports, in the early hours of that day, the Ukrainian National Security Agency and the Ukrainian Navy jointly carried out a special operation. The Ukrainian side used unmanned boats carrying 450 kilograms of TNT explosives to destroy a large oil tanker transporting fuel for the Russian military.
——According to the Ukrainian International News Agency, Vasily Maliuk, the Director of the Ukrainian National Security Agency, believes that any explosion on Russian ships or the Crimean Bridge is an "absolutely reasonable and effective step" for the "enemy.". Maliuk said that if the Russian side wants the "explosion" to stop, their only option is to leave Ukraine's territorial waters and territory.
——On the afternoon of the 3rd, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Grosi, issued a statement stating that experts from the agency were allowed to climb onto the roofs of the buildings of reactor units 3 and 4 at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, and no landmines or explosives were found on the roofs of these two units and turbine rooms.
——On the 4th, Ukraine's Deputy Minister of Defense, Mariyar, posted on social media that since the 3rd, the Ukrainian military has repelled Russian attacks in Kupyansk in the northeast of Kharkiv Oblast, in the northern part of Donetsk, and in the Svatovsky district in the northwest of Luhansk. The number of Russian shelling has been increasing, and fierce fighting is still taking place in these areas. She stated that the Russian military's intensified offensive in eastern Ukraine aims to change the frontline situation and attract Ukrainian troops to withdraw from other attacking directions.
——According to a document released on the Russian legal information website on the 4th, Russian President Putin signed a law on the same day, raising the upper age limit for conscripts from 27 years old to 30 years old, while maintaining the lower age limit of 18 years old. This law will come into effect on January 1, 2024.