Ukraine Says It’s Behind Blaze on Russian Warship in Baltic Sea

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1. *From Bloomberg News reporters Aliaksandr Kudrytski and Olesia Safronova:*

   Ukrainian military intelligence was responsible for an attack on a Russian naval missile carrier in the Baltic Sea, according to an official familiar with the operation, underscoring Kyiv’s effort to strike Kremlin forces far from the front line.

   Such an attack, which couldn’t be independently confirmed, would be the first by Ukrainian forces in the Russian territory of Kaliningrad, an exclave wedged between Poland and Lithuania.

   Military intelligence in Kyiv, or GUR, posted a video on its website earlier showing flames erupting aboard a vessel. The flames caused damage to communications equipment and machinery on the Serpukhov, a Russian Buyan-class corvette, the GUR said.

   The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the attack was carried out by Ukrainian agents. Neither the Russian military nor Kremlin officials made any mention of the incident.

2. Lies! This is the new Russian ship camoflague. They figured that so many of the naval vessels end up burning they would go ahead and set them on fire to confuse Ukraine drone operators.

3. Now Russia will blame ISIS for it.

4. I can’t see the point in Ukraine doing this if this ship can’t get into the black sea anyway.