THIS is the moment a Russian ferry carrying fuel tankers exploded in a huge fireball after a reported Ukrainian missile strike.
Smoke and flames could be seen rising from a ferry following a fire at the port of Kavkaz, near annexed Crimea, in a raging inferno.
Smoke and flames rise from a ferry following a fire at the port of Kavkaz, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, as seen from Chushka, Krasnodar region, RussiaReuters
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Russian officials on Thursday blamed Ukraine for sinking the ferry in the southern Russian port.
Kyiv has heavily targeted Crimea — a key logistics and military hub for Moscow — since Russia launched its full-scale military offensive in February 2022.
“A railroad ferry carrying fuel was hit in the port of Kavkaz,” the Russian governor of the Krasnodar region, where the port is located, said in a post on Telegram.
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