![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/putin-ally-demands-revenge-after-ukrainian-sea-drone-hits-two-russian-warships/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/newspress-collage-23366014-1691273070280.jpg&description=VLADIMIR Putin's ally has demanded revenge on Ukraine after two ferocious marine drone attacks on the President's Black Sea fleet. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova vowed to "punish" those responsible for the strikes on his prized warships. 6 Russia has vowed revenge on Ukraine for the double sea drone attacks Credit: Social media/East2West News 6 The Olenegorskiy Gornyak was struck on Friday and had to be towed back to the harbour 6 A second attack followed late last night on a Russian oil and chemical tanker Credit: East2West Two almost identical kamikaze sea drone attacks occurred in the space of 24 hours, leaving two Russian ships severely damaged. Around 450kg of TNT explosives is reported to have been used by Ukraine 's security service (SBU) and the country's navy to blast the boats. Senior Russian official Zakharova described the latest incident as a "terrorist attack" on a civilian vessel in a furious Telegram post. She wrote: "There can be no justification for such barbaric actions, they will not go unanswered and their authors and perpetrators will inevitably be punished." Hours later, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces had bombed a blood bank in eastern Ukraine , killing several people and injuring dozens more. He described the deployment of a guided aerial bomb on the transfusion centre in the town of Kupiansk as a " war crime ." Moscow was expected to seek vengeance for the twin strikes as they came as a humiliating double blow to Putin . Dramatic footage onboard Ukraine's explosive-packed sea drone captured the exact moment it struck the 4,754-ton Russian oil and chemical tanker in the Black Sea off the coast of annexed Crimea early on Saturday. It can be seen menacingly approaching the illuminated ship before slamming into its side - flooding the engine room. Members of the 11-strong crew suffered abrasions from shattered glass after the control room was partially destroyed, forcing them to seek help. A Ukrainian i){kind=link}
VLADIMIR Putin’s ally has demanded revenge on Ukraine after two ferocious marine drone attacks on the President’s Black Sea fleet.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova vowed to “punish” those responsible for the strikes on his prized warships.
Two almost identical kamikaze sea drone attacks occurred in the space of 24 hours, leaving two Russian ships severely damaged.
Around 450kg of TNT explosives is reported to have been used by Ukraine’s security service (SBU) and the country’s navy to blast the boats.
Senior Russian official Zakharova described the latest incident as a “terrorist attack” on a civilian vessel in a furious Telegram post.