A floating restaurant has sunk after icy conditions caused it to become flooded in a city river.
The ship restaurant named The Silver Whale, in St Petersburg, Russia, was pictured sunken on its side in the Neva River yesterday (Monday, March 27).
The ship became flooded at around 7.30am due to icy conditions, according to Russian officials.
Temperatures in St Petersburg went as low as -1C yesterday as ice formed on the river.
The vessel, though unused at the time, is being investigated by the local transport office to see if health and safety regulations were being followed.
Initially, the ship was to be moved to the Moska River, but due to failing in agreements, the ship was moved to St Petersburg in 2018.
The restaurant never opened up and was finally put on the market in September 20022 for £372,000.
A Twitter user said: "In St Petersburg on the Neva, the floating restaurant 'Silver Whale' is sinking.
"Initially, owners wanted to install it on the Moscow River, but it didn’t work out, the owner moved it to St Petersburg and 'moored' it near the Babushkin Park But the institution never opened and it was put up for sale for 35million rubles."
Many users on Twitter came to comment on the sunken Silver Whale.
One commented: "I remember this thing, passed by. But it's probably for the best, he somehow looked ugly."
While another said: "Wow. All this time I was admiring it. Beautiful."
It is unclear whether the ship will continue to stay on the market.
The sunken whale-shaped ship comes after Putin insisted he is ready to destroy the West with nuclear weapons.
It was reported Russia had launched new hypersonic missile tests today (Tuesday, March 28) after insisting he will attack the West if attempts are made to defeat and dismember Russia.
The Russian dictator said he was looking to see the EU destroyed over fears of a missile strike against Russia.
It was Putin's top security aide, Nikolai Patrushev, 71, who reported his leader's thoughts in a rant to the Kremlin's newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
Putin continues to wage war in Ukraine, which began on February, 20 last year.
Over 40,000 people have been reported to have died since the start of the war.
