The ship's engine room is damaged after the strike, Russian maritime officials are quoted as saying.
The reported drone attack on a tanker happened a few nautical miles to the south of the Crimean Bridge
Several Russian military bloggers say it was a Russian oil tanker that was attacked by a Ukrainian naval drone not far from the Crimean Bridge.Ukraine has so far not publicly commented on the issue. The Kerch Strait connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, separating Crimea - Ukraine's peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014 - and Russia's Taman peninsula.
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