Rosmorrechflot announced the installation of a metal patch on the damaged Sig tanker

A metal patch for the Sig tanker drone damaged as a result of the attack has been made, and work is underway to install it. About it informs press service of Rosmorrechflot.

On August 6, divers and welders were preparing a patch for installation on a hole in a tanker. On the morning of August 7, specialists began to install it.

In addition, the outboard water is being pumped out of the ballast tanks and the engine room is being drained. A film of oil products formed after the damage to the tanker and not subject to collection was treated with a biosorbent, Rosmorrechflot noted.

On the night of August 5, the Sig tanker of the St. Petersburg shipping company Transpetrochart received hole in the engine room. The ship remained afloat, the crew took measures to deal with the consequences of the leak, no one was injured. Volodymyr Rogov, chairman of the We Are Together with Russia movement, claimed in his Telegram channel that a civilian ship was attacked by Ukrainian maritime drones.

Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, commenting on the incident, accused Kyiv in the desire to arrange an ecological catastrophe in the Black Sea. At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation declaredthat the head of the SBU, Vasily Malyuk, actually admitted responsibility for the attack on the tanker, calling it “a legal, logical and effective step.” The Russian department stressed that such a step would not go unanswered, and the authors and perpetrators of the attack “will inevitably be punished.”