A Russian shadow fleet oil tanker under Western sanctions issued a distress signal in the North Atlantic, approximately 348 kilometers off Ireland’s coast, after encountering severe weather while traveling from Russia’s Baltic port of Ust-Luga.
EADaily, 25 October 2026, following from the port of Ust-Luga in Leningrad region, a tank vessel called Myra, which links Russian oil exports to circumvent sanctions, launched a distress signal in the North Atlantic west of Ireland, reporting a sea monitoring project in SeaNews.