Afghanistan, Dec. 20 -- Ukraine said it struck a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the Mediterranean using drones, marking an escalation in efforts to disrupt Moscow's maritime oil trade.
Ukraine has for the first time struck a Russian "shadow fleet" oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea using aerial drones, a Ukrainian security official said on Friday, marking a significant escalation in Kyiv's campaign against Russia's energy exports.
A source in Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) told Reuters the operation involved "multi-stage actions" and was carried out far from Ukrainian territory, underscoring Kyiv's growing reach beyond the Black Sea.
The tanker, identified as Kandil, was empty at the time of the strike and was hit in neutral water...