Kerch ferry temporarily closed after attack on ferry in Kavkaz port

Kerch ferry temporarily closed after attack on ferry in Kavkaz port

Kyiv  •  UNN

August 23 2024, 09:16 AM • 13738 views

The Kerch ferry crossing is temporarily out of service due to an attack on the ferry in the port of Kavkaz. The vessel with 30 tanks of fuel sinks, 17 people are rescued and two are searched for.

The Kerch ferry crossing connecting Crimea and the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation will not work while the consequences of the attack in the port of Kavkaz are being eliminated, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Transport reported, according to Russian media, UNN reports.

Details

As noted, the crossing was closed to eliminate the consequences of the strike.

The Kerch ferry crossing is temporarily closed for the period of elimination of the consequences of the Ukrainian attack on the ferry in the port of Kavkaz

- the message says. 

Addendum

The day before, authorities in the Krasnodar region reported an attack on a ferry carrying 30 tanks of fuel. As a result, the vessel sank, 17 people were rescued, and two more are being searched for.

The Operational Headquarters of the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation reported that a railroad ferry with fuel, which suffered from a Ukrainian strike in the port of Kavkaz, sank. 

On August 23, the Ukrainian Navy officially confirmed the destruction of the Russian ferry Conro Trader in the port of Kavkaz in the Krasnodar region of Russia.