Overview
- Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said sea drones detonated at the stern of the tanker Dashan, causing severe damage.
- Kyiv said the ship was transiting Ukraine’s Black Sea exclusive economic zone on a course to Novorossiysk.
- According to the SBU, the vessel was traveling at high speed with its transponder off when the explosions occurred.
- Footage posted on X by Ukrainian sources purports to show multiple drones striking the ship in daylight.
- Ukrainian reports describe the tanker as part of Russia’s shadow fleet used to move oil despite sanctions, calling it the third such strike in roughly two weeks, with no independent confirmation or casualty details yet.