Tit-for-tat attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea as well as Sea of Azov have been raging all summer, but Ukrainian forces are now strategically going after smaller ships which yet play an outsized role in repair and logistics related to damaged Russian and central Asian oil infrastructure.
"Ukraine attacked a small service ship involved in planned repair works at the key CPC oil terminal in the Black Sea, a person with knowledge of the matter said," Bloomberg reports Thursday.
Nefrit offshore support vessel, via Vessel Finder"The Nefrit has almost completed works at one mooring and was set to start replacing some equipment at another, the person said on condition of anonymity as the information is not public," the report continues.
Crucially, "The attack puts the scheduled works in limbo and raises uncertainty over CPC’s future crude-loading operations, the person said."
Various videos which have emerged showing that the multipurpose vessel was hit by a naval drone as it was docked in the faraway port of Sochi.
Local media has also said that "earlier, reports claimed that a series of explosions occurred near the port during the attack. A Russian Pantsir SPAAGM system w
