Naval drone hits oil tanker off Russian resort city Sochi, triggering massive blaze

Naval drone hits oil tanker off Russian resort city Sochi, triggering massive blaze

Russian officials said a Liberian-flagged tanker was attacked and a crew of 23 Indian nationals rescued An oil tanker off Russia’s Black Sea coast was struck by a naval drone, triggering a huge fire and black smoke cloud that blanketed parts of the resort city of Sochi, Russia’s transport ministry has said.

The transport ministry said a Liberian-flagged tanker had been attacked and that “crude oil is burning openly in the waters of the Black Sea”. Continue reading...

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