"At about 14:20 local time, an explosion occurred aboard a UMC-1000 coastal guard boat when it was leaving the Mariupol bay.
The causes of the explosion have not yet been established," the press service said.
At the moment of explosion, there were seven servicemen aboard the boat. A rescue operation is underway.
UMC-1000 boats have a displacement of 7.4 tonnes and are capable of carrying up to 8 passengers.
[tass.ru]
7/6/15
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Ukraine military blames rebel bomb for patrol boat explosion...
ReplyDeleteAn explosion which sank a border patrol boat off Ukraine's strategically important port city of Mariupol was caused by a separatist-made bomb, the Ukrainian military said on Monday.
The boat exploded on Sunday, killing one crew member and wounding five others, as it left its mooring station in Mariupol, which is on the Sea of Azov and on the edge of the conflict between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists.
"The explosion of the patrol boat in the Azov Sea was caused by a rebel homemade bomb," the military said in a statement.....Reuters
8/6/15
One of Ukraine’s coastguard boats was blown up on Sunday in the Azov Sea off Mariupol by an improvised explosive device made by Russian-backed militants, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation reported on Facebook page on Monday...
ReplyDelete"According to the preliminary conclusions of experts, the cause of the accident was an improvised explosive device that was put to sea from the occupied territories," the report says.
According to experts, the improvised explosive device consisted of a wooden cross, foam elements and an object similar to a metal cylinder with a beacon.
"The border guards on board the boat thought that the unknown object was a beacon and tried to pull it towards the boat. At that moment the device blew up. As a result of the explosion, the boat was damaged and the persons on board received injuries of various degree of severity," the press center said.
As reported, a similar device recently washed ashore near the village of Vynohradne. A fisherman who found it and tried to take it apart was injured. Both explosive devices drifted from militant-controlled territories, probably from the village of Bezimiane, the press service said.
unian.info
8/6/15