UKRAINE has sunk a Russian military ship in the Black Sea as a deepening fuel crisis causes chaos in petrol stations across Russia.
Brawls have broken out with desperate Russians scrapping over the last drips of petrol, after
Ukraine has sunk Russian Emerald military ship in the Black Sea Credit: East2West
A satellite image showed the stricken ship partially submerged by the harbour wall in Novorossiysk Credit: East2West
The vessel was involved in a naval clash in 2018 where it took some 24 Ukrainian sailors hostage Credit: East2West
The Ukrainian navy said the ship was sunk by a Sargan-3000 marine drone on Tuesday Credit: East2West
‘s latest attack cost his emerald security service patrol ship in the waters off Russian port Novorossiysk, west of occupied Crimea.
The Ukrainian navy said the 205ft vessel was sunk by a new and secretive Sargan-3000 marine drone on Tuesday.
It confirmed there were casualties and injuries among the Emerald’s crew.
A satellite image showed the stricken ship partially submerged by the harbour wall in Novorossiysk.
The vessel was known in Ukraine for seizing three naval vessels in 2018 in the Kerch Strait.
Its crew were accused of ramming Ukrainian tug Yany Kapu, opening fire on the boat and taking some 24 sailors hostage.
The Sargan-3000 that hit the Emerald in revenge today has been specially designed for long-range naval strike missions.
The attack comes as previous attacks on tankers, oil refineries and fuel storage depots are leaving
A man jumps on the bumper of a woman’s car in a petrol station brawl in the Novosibirsk region Credit: East2West
After accusing her of jumping the queue, he appears to punch her through the window, as Russia’s petrol supplies run dry Credit: East2West
In one incident a male driver accuses a woman of cutting a queue, demanding: “Why did you push in? I’ve been standing here for two hours.”
The woman explains she had been ordered to move to this queue by petrol station staff, as the pump she had been waiting at had run dry.
The man rages: “I don’t care. That’s not my problem.”
Video appears to show him jumping on the woman driver’s bonnet as she attempts to drive forward.
The woman’s daughter said: “My mother then lowered the window slightly and sprayed pepper spray into the air without aiming it at his eyes.
“In response, the man smashed the driver’s window with his fists and punched her twice.”
“I’m in shock. It’s completely absurd.”
Footage shows the man recoiling from the driver’s side window before returning and launching his fist into the car.
The woman driver suffered cuts, bruises and a concussion after the attack.
When and an ambulance arrived, the man said he was the one who had been hurt, showing his bloodied hand from smashing the car window.
Cops have launched an into the brawl, but cases of petrol pump violence are popping up all over .
Drivers are reportedly bringing knives with them to fill up.
Another fight was caught on CCTV in Perm, where a shot was fired during a fuel station bust-up.
Two men can be seen throwing punches in the queue.
They then fell to the ground and a gunshot can be heard, terrifying a woman witness.
The man in the black t-shirt appears to disarm another driver.
Neither appear hurt by the shot in the video and they kept on arguing.
Petrol pumps are running dry across Russia, leading to buying bans across the country.
As attacks on refineries ramp up, exports have stalled too, cutting off the Kremlin’s cash from sales of sanctioned fuel.
The crisis is “catastrophic”, one report warned, as the Kremlin scrambled to cover up the calamitous consequences of the .
Putin also faces “critical” damage to Russia’s harvest with the fuel shortage hitting farmers hard.
Shortages of fuel for combine harvesters have hit southern regions of Russia particularly hard.
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