2 Russian Shadow Fleet Tankers Hit by Drones in Black Sea, SBU Says
- The Security Service of Ukraine conducted strikes against the Avero, a tanker belonging to Russia's shadow fleet, in the Black Sea, and three oil depots in Stavropol Krai of the Russian Federation.
- Russia's shadow fleet tanker Avero transported crude oil to China and India, operating during the G7 and EU oil embargo period.
- SBU forces deployed a 'Mamai' maritime drone to target the vessel, located approximately 600 km from the Ukrainian state border, triggering large-scale fires at the site.
- Explosions and fires erupted in fuel and lubricant tanks, marking the fourth Russian shadow tanker targeted by the SSU in ten days.
- The Avero, subject to Ukrainian sanctions, belongs to the Suezmax class of large ocean-going tankers used to transport significant volumes of oil, according to the SSU.
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President Volodimir Zelenski states that Ukraine has responded "justified and precise to Russian attacks, announcing the strike of three fuel tanks in the Stavropol region and three oil tankers from Russia's "ghost fleet in the Black Sea".
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The war in Ukraine is intensifying with new strikes on the Russian phantom fleet. A Mamai maritime drone targeted the oil tanker Avero in the Black Sea, the fourth ship hit in ten days.
Ukrainian forces struck four oil facilities in Russia's Stavropol region and three tankers of Russia's shadow fleet in the Black Sea on Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, calling it an appropriate response after Russia fired 41 missiles into Ukraine overnight in one of the largest ballistic missile attacks since the war began.
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