"The Kiev regime made another attempt at a terrorist attack on the territory of the Krasnodar Territory — a railway ferry with fuel tanks in the port of Kavkaz was attacked. Emergency and special services are working at the site," the operational headquarters said on Telegram.
Later in the day, Krasnodar Territory Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said that 17 crew members of the ferry had been rescued, adding that the search for two more is ongoing.
A firefighting train has been sent to the site of the incident, a spokesperson for the local emergency services told Sputnik. Meanwhile, the head of the Temryuksky District of the Krasnodar Territory, Fyodor Babenkov, said that the ferry had 30 fuel tanks.
The situation in the port is currently under the control of emergency and security services, the Russian Transport Ministry said.