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Ukrainian Sailor Sabotages His Russian Boss’ Yacht: ‘I Would Do It Again’

DOWN WITH THE SHIP

“I don’t regret anything I’ve done,” the sailor reportedly said when he was arrested. “My boss is a criminal who sells weapons that kill the Ukrainian people.”

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A Ukrainian sailor in Majorca has confessed to trying to sink a yacht that belongs to his boss, a Russian arms dealer. Upon his arrest, he proclaimed, “I don’t regret anything I’ve done and I would do it again,” adding, “My boss is a criminal who sells weapons that kill the Ukrainian people.” According to the Majorca Daily Bulletin, the sailor sabotaged the 157-foot-long Lady Anastasia, owned by Rosoboronexport CEO Alexander Mikheev, by flipping open the valves.

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