The Russian ship “don” near the Kerch Strait made a battering RAM RAID a Ukrainian tug, damaging his main engine, the trim and railing.

The ship “don”, owned by the Russian Federation, made an aggressive RAM RAID tug of Ukraine in the Kerch Strait, reports “Диалог.UA”.

It is known that the dangerous maneuver of the Russian Navy had damaged the main engine of the Ukrainian ship, siding, railing, lost liferaft.

RAID tugboat “Yana Kapu” project 498 was built in 1974 and in 1991 became part of the naval forces of independent Ukraine under the name “Sochi”.

Brief technical characteristics of the tug “Yana Kapu”:

Displacement: 303 tons

Length: 29,3 m Width: 8.3 m

Draught: 3.09 m. the Speed full speed: 11.4 knots

Cruising range: 1650 miles at 11 knots

Powerplant: 2 diesel 600 HP, 2 shafts

Crew: 6 people. Armament: 2 machine guns DSHKM

In turn, the Russian PSKR “don” was constructed at the Yaroslavl plant and member of the Coast guard of FSB of the Russian Federation in 1997.

Brief specifications PSKR “don”:

Displacement: 1620 tons

Length: 56,5 m Width: 12,64 m

Draft: 4,6 m. full Speed: 13 knots

Cruising range: 8000 miles (11 knots)

Autonomy of 40 days. Crew: 47 people

Armament: two 30 mm AK AU-306.

We will remind, in Moscow responded that the Ukrainian Navy crossed the “border” of Russia.

Also due to the occupier for the attack on the tug boat of the Navy of Ukraine “Yani mouthpiece”.