US EditionUkraine says it hit Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tankers with underwater drones in Black Sea
Ukraine used Sea Baby maritime drones to disable two sanctioned Russian oil tankers worth nearly $70 million, disrupting Moscow's efforts to bypass sanctions in the Black Sea.
- 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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The Ukrainian security service attributed the attacks to two oil tankers sanctioned for transporting Russian oil, which were hit by explosions on the Turkish Black Sea coast during the last day. The naval drones Be Baby operated by the Ukrainian Security Service, or SBU, carried out the attacks, told Bloomberg a person familiar with the operation, who refused to be identified because the information is not public. The attacks were aimed at limit…
Ukrainian secret services spread images of raids
Ukrainian underwater drones attacked two oil tankers belonging to the Russian "ghost fleet" in the Black Sea, according to an official from the Ukrainian security services (SBU).
Video. Ukraine releases video showing moment naval drones striking Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea
Video. Ukraine’s security services say that domestically made naval drones struck two Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea, involving vessels described as part of Russia’s “shadow fleet.”
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