tanker boat in water in front of green hill
Russian-flagged SIG tanker transits Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey.
  • A Ukrainian maritime drone struck a Russian oil tanker on Saturday.
  • Russian state media reported that the attack damaged the vessel's engine room.
  • It came a day after another naval drone attack on a Russian warship.

For the second time in less than 24 hours, Ukraine has attacked a Russian vessel using one of its own unique crowdfunded maritime drones.

Russian state media reported Saturday that an oil tanker was attacked in the Kerch Strait, which connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, citing a source who said the ship suffered damage to its engine room. The strike came after another drone strike on Friday badly damaged a Russian warship in the Russian port city of Novorossiysk.