Russian oil rig in Crimea attacked, 3 injured.
On June 20, an attack occurred on Russian oil rigs off the coast of the Crimean Peninsula in the Black Sea, injuring three people.
RT quoted the head of the Crimean region, Sergey Aksyonov, as saying that the attack, "suspected to have been carried out by Ukrainian forces targeting an oil rig off the coast of Crimea in the Black Sea," took place in the early morning of June 20 (local time), leaving three people injured.
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Aksyonov did not disclose the exact location of the rigs, but said they belonged to Chernomorneftegaz – a company that develops offshore oil and gas fields. Ukraine's energy giant Naftogaz has been disputing ownership of the company since 2014 – the year it was nationalized following Russia's annexation of Crimea.
According to Aksyonov, three missiles struck three oil rigs. At the time of the attack, 109 people were in the area. The evacuation of the workers is currently underway.
Olga Kovitidi, the representative of the Crimean Peninsula in the Russian Parliament, said that the attacked oil rigs were located about 71 km from the Ukrainian port of Odessa.
Earlier, some Ukrainian media outlets reported that dozens of missiles were fired at Snake Island, off the coast of Ukraine and currently controlled by Russian forces. However, Ukrainian MP Aleksey Goncharenko stated that the missiles "attacked a gas rig" and not Snake Island.
