At nighttime on April 8, the Ukrainian dry cargo vessel "Apache", assigned to the Maltese port of Valletta, under the Maltese flag followed in a caravan of ships from the Taganrog Bay to the Kerch Strait.

At 22:38 Moscow time, 30 km southeast of Mariupol, the dry cargo ship abruptly changed course and tried to break into the Mariupol seaport blocked from the sea by the forces of the Black Sea Fleet.

The Ukrainian dry cargo ship did not respond to the demands of the Russian border ships to communicate via the international channel, continuing to move in the direction of the port of Mariupol.

Warning artillery fire, carried out by two border patrol ships along the ship's course, did not lead to a change in course and a slowdown in the speed of the dry cargo ship.

During the movement to the port of Mariupol, the ship conducted a radio exchange, transmitting messages "I am a Maniac, I am coming to you." At the same time, signal fires were observed on the shore.

To block the movement of the offending vessel from 22.53 to 23.30, the Black Sea Fleet ship and border patrol ships opened artillery fire on the Apache dry cargo ship. As a result of a direct hit on the vessel, a fire broke out in the stern of the vessel.

After that, the Ukrainian dry cargo ship drifted, the crew contacted the border ships with a request to cease fire and confirmed their readiness to fulfill all the requirements of the Russian sailors.

As a result of the fire impact, there were no casualties among the crew members on the ship. The ship's crew extinguished the fire on their own. After the inspection, the Ukrainian dry cargo ship "Apache" with the crew is escorted to the port of Yeysk.

/Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation/

Sounds like a diversion, meanwhile small submersibles extracted high value personnel from onshore?