A border patrol vessel belonging to the Ukrainian Security Service has blown up in the Sea of Azov off the coast of Mariupol; the country's Border Security Service has reported two injuries and heavy damage to the vessel.
The
press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has reported that the
UMC-1000 patrol boat, with 7 crew on board, exploded at 2:20 pm local
time, four kilometers off the coast of the Donetsk region city
of Mariupol, during a coastal patrol mission.
The Ministry's press service stated that the vessel ran into an explosive device.
At present it is
believed that two boarder guard personnel have been injured by the
blast. Ukrainian authorities have yet to report on the condition of the
other five crewmen. Earlier, local media reported four injuries, three
of moderate severity and one with light injuries.
Two more coast guard
boats were sent to rescue the personnel, stranded at sea as the gunboat
listed heavily. Mariupol-based news portal 0629.com.ua has reported that
the boat is no longer visible from the shore, and may have sunk.
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