Tankers

The expert believes that the sanctioned tankers that attacked near Turkey should have been inspected due to the lack of a flag and registration. This was reported by the head of the project of the Institute for Black Sea Strategic Studies, Andriy Klimenko. According to him, Turkey is very concerned about the attacks by naval…

А Ankara is “concerned” about the shelling of Russian “shadow fleet” vessels near its coast and asks the parties to refrain from escalation within its economic zone.

The drone strike on two tankers of the Russian “shadow fleet” off the coast of Turkey has become yet another signal about the vulnerability of the Kremlin’s oil logistics. At the same time, it has already forced insurers to reassess risks in the Black Sea.

The foreign ministers of Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey have stressed the importance of Black Sea security for the three NATO littoral states.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will intensify attacks on Ukrainian ports and ships heading to them.

The company said that security risks to its fleet have increased sharply after the incident with explosions off the coast of Senegal.

Following a series of attacks on several Russian tankers, insurers in the Black Sea have sharply raised war risk rates for ships operating in the region.

This is the third vessel linked to the Russian “shadow fleet” to be hit by explosions in recent days.

The Ukrainian Navy noted that Ukraine has not officially confirmed its involvement in the explosions on two Russian tankers in the Black Sea.

Sea Baby drones of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) have hit two sanctioned oil tankers, KAIROS and VIRAT, belonging to the Russian “shadow fleet” in the Black Sea.