Sean Bell says the Ivan Hurs is a communication, fleet command and electronic warfare intelligence-gathering warship and Russia claims it was operating in the Bosphorus Strait - around 500km away from Odessa. Russia blamed Ukraine and there was no immediate comment from Kyiv. One of the shells hits the craft, creating a huge explosion. Sky News has not been able to independently verify the footage, which shows a small boat powering through the water while under fire. Military analyst Sean Bell explains why it’s difficult to verify the footage released by the ministry and what it could mean. Yesterday the Russian Defence Ministry claimed a warship, the Ivan Hurs, had been attacked by three Ukrainian unmanned boats in the Black Sea. Moscow, without providing evidence, has blamed the explosions on Western sabotage.īoth the US Ukraine have denied having anything to do with the attacks as has Russia. Nature of the investigation and its refusal to engage with It said it was unhappy about what it called the opaque Trying to conceal the tracks and the true perpetrators of theĬrime behind which we believe are well-known countries." On the contrary, they are delaying their efforts and Interested in establishing the true circumstances of this It said in a statement: "It has been noted that these countries are not
Three of deliberately dragging their feet and of trying to The two countries and Germany are investigating the incident. The blasts occurred in the economic zones of Sweden and Denmark and both countries say the explosions were deliberate, but have yet to determine who was responsible. Last September, several unexplained underwater explosions ruptured the Nord Stream 1 and newly-built Nord Stream 2 pipelines that link Russia and Germany across the Baltic Sea. The Kremlin has previously called for the investigation to be sped up. "complete lack of results" of an investigation into blasts thatĭamaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines last year. The ministry says the move was in protest at what it said was the Russia's Foreign Ministry says it has summoned the ambassadors of
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