Russian Tankers Are "Splitting up" in the Black Sea to Evade Attacks by Ukrainian Drones, According to the Financial Times
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New fraud involving sanctioned shadow navy ships' data appears to have been co-ordinated from Russia, experts believe. The United States will now allow the sale of sanctioned oil tankers so they can legally sail with oil in a pressurized time.
Russian oil tankers have adopted an unconventional, coordinated method of falsifying their positions in the Black Sea, apparently with the aim of avoiding attacks from Ukraine.
A bizarre incident occurred in which a single Russian oil tanker appeared in two locations simultaneously. Although the vessel's position data indicated it was near the Bosphorus Strait in Turkey, location information for the same ship was simultaneously transmitted from another sea area approximately 800 km away. The so-called "Shadow Fleet," responsible for Russia's oil exports, is threatening not only Western sanctions but also drone attacks …
Russian tankers are "splitting up" in the Black Sea to evade attacks by Ukrainian drones, according to the Financial Times
The publication reports that ships in Russia's "shadow fleet" in the Black Sea have begun simultaneously transmitting both real and fake coordinates via AIS, making it more difficult to track them and evade attacks by Ukrainian drones.Researchers have...
EADaily, 18 October 2026. Russian tankers learned to be in two places at the same time, misleading Ukrainian drone operators.
Tankers of the Russian Shadow Fleet are manipulating their location systems in a sophisticated manner to circumvent Western sanctions and Ukrainian attacks. According to the Financial Times, sanctioned ships are transmitting coordinated false GPS data, making it appear as if they are in two places at once.
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