US EditionUkraine hits Russian shadow fleet tanker in Mediterranean for first time, SBU says
Ukraine's Security Service used aerial drones to critically damage the Russian tanker QENDIL, part of a fleet circumventing sanctions and funding Russia's war effort, officials said.
- On Friday, the Security Service of Ukraine said it struck a Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker with aerial drones in neutral Mediterranean Sea waters, calling it a 'new, unprecedented special operation'.
- The SBU said the tanker was used to circumvent Western sanctions and fund Moscow's war chest, while the shadow fleet is estimated to include up to 1,000 ships enabling exports despite curbs.
- The tanker QENDIL had sustained critical damage and cannot be used for its intended purpose, and the Security Service of Ukraine said the cargo ship was empty with no environmental threat.
- The strike could hinder Moscow's crude exports via the shadow fleet, which has bypassed curbs, while Kyiv's first Mediterranean strike raises maritime-security and escalation risks, experts and several European leaders warn.
- Kyiv has previously claimed similar hits on Russia-linked tankers off Turkey's Black Sea coast after two empty oil tankers were hit, while the SBU declined to disclose drone deployment details.
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Ukrainian drones apparently attacked another empty oil tanker of the Russian shadow fleet. For the first time such an attack took place in the Mediterranean.
Ukrainian drones hit a Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker in the Mediterranean Sea for the first time, security official says
The oil tanker Qendil in the Mediterranean Sea before the attack.Screengrab via Security Service of Ukraine videoUkrainian drones hit a Russian "shadow fleet" tanker in the Mediterranean Sea for the first time.A Ukrainian security source said that the attack was carried out over 1,200 miles away.It marks a major expansion of Ukraine's deep-strike campaign against Russia's vast energy sector.Ukrainian forces used long-range drones to strike an oi…
A drone hit the tanker Qendil, believed to be part of Russia's shadow fleet, more than 2,000 kilometers from Ukraine.
With a "new, unprecedented special operation", Ukrainian domestic intelligence has attacked a tanker that is attributed to the Russian shadow fleet. The ship can no longer be deployed, it is said from the Ukrainian side.
Kyiv Claims Drone Strike Against Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tanker in Mediterranean
Ukraine said Friday that it struck a Russian “shadow fleet” tanker with aerial drones in neutral waters of the Mediterranean Sea, the first such strike in the Mediterranean in the nearly four-year war.
The tanker "Qendil" was badly damaged at the attack. According to Kiev, it is part of the Russian shadow fleet.
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