US EditionUkraine says it hit Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tankers with underwater drones in Black Sea
Ukraine disabled two Russian tankers worth nearly $70 million using Sea Baby naval drones to disrupt Kremlin's sanctioned oil exports, Ukrainian security sources 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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Ukraine launched an underwater drone attack on Russia's "Shadow Fleet" in the Black Sea. The "Sea Baby" drones targeted the Gambian-flagged Russian oil tankers "Viraat" and "Kairos." Ukraine claimed that Russia was using these two vessels to smuggle oil in violation of international sanctions.
Two Russian oil tankers, the Kairos and Virat, which caught fire off the Turkish coast in the Black Sea on Friday, were hit by Ukrainian Sea Baby drones. According to a source from the Ukrainian SBU secret service, it was a targeted operation aimed at ships involved in circumventing international sanctions. The vessels are part of the Kremlin's shadow fleet and are subject to sanctions imposed on Russia after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine i…
Ukraine says its drones hit two tankers from Russia’s shadow fleet in the Black Sea
Ukrainian underwater drones have targeted two Russian-linked oil tankers in the Black Sea, striking a significant blow to Moscow’s so-called shadow fleet, Ukrainian officials said. The attacks come as Kyiv seeks to disrupt Russia’s oil exports, which continue despite Western sanctions.
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