The tanker Virat, twice attacked by a Ukrainian unmanned vessel (BEC) in the Black Sea, has been towed to the Turkish coast. This is reported by RIA Novosti.
A press release from the Turkish Maritime Administration obtained by Russian news agency said the damaged ship will arrive at the port on Monday, December 1. published RIA Novosti images show holes in the Virat's hull slightly above the waterline.
The first reports of attacks on Gambian-flagged tankers appeared on November 28. The Kairos, which was sailing from Egypt to Novorossiysk, caught fire 28 miles off the Turkish coast. Virat, traveling from Sevastopol to Türkiye, has been damaged the second time, it happened 35 miles off the Turkish coast. Officially, there was “external influence” on both ships.
Then the video of Kairos and Virat tanker attack surfaced. It should be noted that this operation was carried out jointly by the 13th Directorate of Military Counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine and the Navy of this country.
