US EditionUkraine hits Russian shadow fleet tanker in Mediterranean for first time, SBU says
Ukraine's Security Service said drones critically damaged the Oman-flagged tanker Qendil, part of Russia's shadow fleet used to evade sanctions and fund the war effort.
- On Dec. 19, Ukraine's Special Operations Forces said kamikaze drones struck a Russian Project 22460 'Hunter' patrol ship and an oil platform at the Filanovsky field, the SSO reported on Dec. 20.
- Because the Filanovsky oil and gas field supplies export revenue to the Russian budget, SSO says such asymmetric strikes stop Russia's military aggression, with SOF coordinating earlier this month with Chornaya Iskra.
- Several SSO drones successfully hit the targets, the unit said, including a Lukoil-owned platform at Filanovsky field with reserves of 129 million tons of oil and 30 billion cubic meters of gas.
- Damage assessments are ongoing and the platform's operational status remains unclear, while Ukraine's Security Service reported a strike on a Russian "shadow fleet" oil tanker in the Mediterranean on Dec. 19.
- The Caspian strikes follow earlier operations that extended Ukraine's maritime actions beyond the Black Sea, with SOF coordinating with Chornaya Iskra earlier this month and previous patrol vessel strikes.
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These are drones from the Kiev Special Operations Forces, while at least eight people were killed and 27 injured in a Russian missile attack in Odessa.
For the first time, Ukraine claimed to have attacked an oil tanker of the Russian shadow fleet in the Mediterranean – thousands of kilometers away from the actual war scene, far from Ukrainian territorial waters, in clearly neutral sea areas. Meanwhile, the Russian shadow fleet's tankers are no longer safe even outside the Black Sea. According to recent reports, the Ukrainian military has attacked the oil tanker Qendil flying under the flag of O…
Ukraine apparently attacked a Russian warship and an oil platform with drones. Odessa reports dead and injured by Russian missiles. And: Putin's negotiator travels to the US, expectations are low.
A tanker under international sanctions was hit on the night of 18-19 December on the high seas by Ukrainian bomber drones, confirming the rise of Ukrainian services in the marine environment.
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