US EditionUkraine says it hit Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tankers with underwater drones in Black Sea
Ukrainian Sea Baby drones disabled two Russian shadow fleet tankers carrying oil worth up to $70 million, disrupting Moscow's sanction-evasion oil shipments, officials said.
- On Saturday, Ukrainian officials said Sea Baby underwater drones carried out attacks on two Russian shadow-fleet tankers in the Black Sea, following claims of explosions on Friday and Saturday.
- Aiming to disrupt sanction‑evasion networks, Ukrainian forces targeted Russia's shadow fleet, which uses some tankers, including the Gambian-flagged Virat, many under flags of convenience, to carry oil despite sanctions by the United States, United Kingdom, and European Union this year.
- The Gambian‑flagged Kairos, 275 meters long and nearly 80,000 tons, had all 25 crew members evacuated after an explosion.
- Neither vessel was in Turkish waters when struck, and Ukraine claimed both tankers sustained critical damage, Ukrainian sources said.
- Earlier this year, several unexplained explosions occurred on ships that carried Russian oil, and both tankers had transited the Bosphorus Strait with other sanctioned ships, per shipping data.
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