Moscow, March 12 -- Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova called the attack on on the civilian commercial vessel Arctic Metagaz a "deliberate strike against a civilian object" and described it as "an act of terrorism and a war crime," criticizing European nations for not condemning the incident.
Russia said its liquefied natural gas carrier Arctic Metagaz was attacked by maritime and aerial drones on March 3 in neutral waters 168 nautical miles southeast of Malta.
The vessel, which was carrying 100,000 cubic metres of LNG and a crew of 30 Russian sailors, was attacked by maritime and aerial drones in neutral waters in the central Mediterranean Sea. It lost power and caught fire, triggering explosions.
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