US EditionTwo Men Linked to Russian Military Were Aboard Shadow-Fleet Tanker Qendil
Two Russian nationals linked to Wagner and GRU served as unregistered 'security' on the Qendil, a shadow-fleet tanker hit by Ukrainian drones in the Mediterranean.
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Wagner-Linked Operatives Found on Russian Oil Tanker Hit by Ukraine in Mediterranean
Two Russian nationals with ties to the Wagner Group and the GRU (Russian military intelligence) were discovered aboard the Russian oil tanker Qendil, according to a joint investigation by The Dossier Center and Norwegian broadcaster NRK on January 12. The Qendil, part of Russia’s so-called shadow fleet used to circumvent Western oil sanctions, was struck by Ukrainian drones in the Mediterranean Sea in December 2025. The men in question, listed …
Two former GRU and Wagner PMC soldiers were discovered on board the Russian "shadow fleet" tanker that Ukraine attacked in the Mediterranean Sea. They may have been engaged in espionage in European waters, according to RBC-Ukraine, citing the Dossier Center. The discovered "guards"—Russians Alexander Malakhov and Viktor Alexandrov—were not sailors and had previously served in the GRU special forces and the Wagner PMC, participated in combat oper…
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