Ukrainian sailor attempts to sink Russian boss’s Rs 57 crore yacht, arrested
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Taras Ostapchuk was arrested by Spanish Civil Guard officers on Saturday.
A 55-year-old Ukrainian man has been arrested for attempting to sink a luxury yacht that belongs to his Russian boss. The man, identified as Taras Ostapchuk, reportedly opened the valves in the engine room, which led to significant damage. Ostapchuk claimed that his action was retaliation for the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
According to a report by the BBC, the 150-foot yacht named Lady Anastasia belonged to Alexander Mikheev, the director of Rosoboronexport. Mikheev’s company is known for exporting Russian defence products, including tanks, fighting vehicles, aircraft, ships, weapons and ammunition.
The yacht costs over $7.7 million dollars, which is approximately Rs 57 crore.
Taras Ostapchuk was arrested by Spanish Civil Guard officers on Saturday. However, he was later released on bail.
The yacht was docked at Majorca, Spain when Ostapchuk decided to sink it. "I watched the news about the war. There was a video of a helicopter attack on a building in Kyiv. The armaments used are produced by the yacht owner's company. They were attacking innocents,” Ostapchuk told the judge, according to a report by the Majorca Daily Bulletin.
More than 70 Ukrainian servicemen were killed when Russian troops shelled a military base in the town of Okhtyrka in Ukraine‘s northeastern Sumy region on Monday, regional governor Dmytro Zhyvytskyy said on Facebook. It has been six days since Russian President Vladimir Putin declared war on Ukraine.
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