oligarch tried to sink a vessel. he tells this story to drew griffin. reporter: a 55-year-old nautica engineer spent years on an ageing luxury yacht sailing on the mediterranean. translator: we had a crew of nine people including a chef and waiter. reporter: he says the yachts and user is a sanctioned putin connected oligarch and ceo of a mayor state run company that rakes in tens of billions of dollars selling everything from weapons to ammo to aircraft. yacht engineer went from cruising in oligarch luxury to a bunker in ukraine. our interview just began, stopped by an alert of an incoming russian attack. okay. sorry. see you next time.
out and his personal war began. a 55-year-old nautical engineer says he spent the past ten years serving on the lady anastasia sailing the mediterranean. translator: we had a crew of nine people, including a chef and a waiter. reporter: he says the yacht s current owner and only user is alexander mahiv, a sanctioned putin-connected oligarch and the ceo of a major russian state-run company that rakes in tens of billions of dollars sending munitions, everything from weapons to ammo to aircraft. the yacht engineer went from cruising in oligarch luxury to a bunker in ukraine. our interview just began, stopped by an alert of an incoming russian attack. o okay, sorry. see you next time. bye-bye. reporter: his life changed in late february when the yacht was docked in spain and russia
reporter: todas, a 55-year-old nautical engineer, says he spent the past ten years serving on the lady enestacia. translator: we had a crew of nine people, including a chef and a waiter. reporter: he says the yacht s current owner and only user is alexander mahiv, a sanctioned putin-connected oligarch and owner of a state-run company that rakes in billions of dollars selling munitions from weapons to ammo to aircraft. the yacht engineer went from cruising in oligarch luxury to a bunker in ukraine. our interview just began. stopped by an alert of an incoming russian attack. okay. sorry. see you next time. bye-bye. reporter: his life changed in late february when the yacht was docked in spain and russia invaded his home country. welcome back. thank you. nice to meet you again.
edgie ing towards the 6:00 r here. a ukrainian crew member on a yacht tied to a russian oligarch says he tried to sink the vessel when russia invaded ukraine. and he shared his story with our senior investigative correspondent, drew griffin. reporter: toras, a 55-year-old nautical engineer, says he spent the last ten years serving on the lady anastasia, an aging luxury yacht sailing the mediterranean. zplt we had a crew of nine people, including a chef and a waiter. reporter: he says the chef s current owner and only user is a sanctioned putin-connected oligarch and rakes in tens of pls of dollars selling munition. the yacht engineer went from cruising in oligarch luxury to a bunker in ukraine.
weapons company can. in a cnn exclusive the ship s engineer reveals how he took matters into his own hands when russia invaded ukraine. drew griffin has the report. a statue of a 55-year-old nautical engineer. he spent the last 15 years on lady anastasia. translator: we had a crew of 50 people, including a chef and waiter. the only user is a sanctioned putin connected oligarch and the ceo of a major russian state-run company that rakes in tens of billions of dollars selling munitions, everything from weapons to ammo to aircraft. yacht engineer went from cruising in oligarch luxury to a bunker in ukraine. our interview just began,