The Ukrainian who sank the yacht of a Russian official is currently serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The Ukrainian who sank a Russian official’s yacht in Spain is currently serving in the Armed Forces and repairing American Bradleys.

A specialist in diesel pump regulation, 57-year-old soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Taras serves in a unit that repairs military equipment, reports Army Inform.

At the time of the full-scale invasion, the man was working in Spain as a senior mechanic on the “Lady Anastasia” yacht.

The salary was $250 per day. Taras planned to earn a certain amount of money to secure his pension and return to Ukraine.

The soldier recalls how, in the first days of the invasion, he saw on video how a missile hit a multi-story building on Lobanovsky Street in Kyiv. Then he finally decided that this could not continue and something had to be done.

Taras decided to sink the yacht he was working on. After all, its owner, Alexander Mikheev, is the head of the Russian company Rosoboronexport. And he is the one involved in the production of missiles flying to Ukraine.

“I am a senior mechanic, I have 24-hour access to the engine room. I opened the Kingston to flood the yacht. Water went into the engine room… But we still had three crew members on board the ship: our guys from Odessa. And then, as they say, “the countrymen helped”: they started making noise, saying that we would lose our jobs… Well, they informed the local police.”

The repair crew from the port brought a trailer with a huge pump, they managed to block the Kingston, which the man had opened. It was not possible to completely flood the yacht.

She was then arrested and is still standing in the port of Adrian without movement. That is, she was disabled, Taras said.

The man was detained, brought to the police station, where he had to wait for trial. But the judge ruled: the Spanish side was not harmed, so there are no legal grounds to detain him.

Taras decided to return to Ukraine. He recalls that he was accompanied by the now deceased activist and soldier Roman Ratushnyi. On March 1, Taras arrived at the Dnipro CCC. He has been serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine for two and a half years, repairing military equipment. Taras’s son also serves in the Defense Forces.

Earlier, USM reported that the suspect in the billion-dollar State Property Fund scam purchased a yacht abroad.