{"id":52771,"date":"2025-12-02T09:28:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T09:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=52771"},"modified":"2025-12-02T09:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T09:28:09","slug":"a-third-russian-tanker-attacked-in-the-black-sea-turkish-authority-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=52771","title":{"rendered":"A third Russian tanker attacked in the Black Sea, Turkish authority says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ABC: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ANKARA, Turkey —\u00a0A tanker carrying sunflower oil from Russia to Georgia was attacked in the Black Sea, the Turkish maritime authority said Tuesday, days after\u00a0two Russian \u201cshadow fleet\u201d oil tankers were attacked<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Ukrainian naval drones<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Turkish Directorate General of Maritime Affairs said the MIDVOLGA-2 came under attack about 130 kilometers (80 miles) off the Turkish coast. The 13 crew members were unharmed and the vessel has not requested assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was heading toward the Turkish port of Sinop, the maritime authority said in a statement on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke out against Ukraine\u2019s drone attack on two Russian vessels, the Kairos and Virat, saying it signaled a \u201cworrying escalation\u201d of the conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe cannot condone these attacks, which threaten navigational safety, life, and the environment, especially in our own exclusive zone,\u201d Erdogan said in a televised address. \u201cWe are issuing the necessary warnings to all parties regarding such situations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday\u2019s attacks against the Kairos and Virat<\/a> occurred inside Turkey\u2019s exclusive economic zone. Crew members on board both vessels were reported to be safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The OpenSanctions database, which tracks people or organizations involved in sanctions evasion, describes the vessels as part of a fleet of ships used to evade sanctions imposed on Russia following its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine has carried out successful naval strikes against Russian shipping during the war, particularly using explosives-packed marine drones. However, Ukrainian missions have previously largely been limited to the waters of the northern Black Sea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ABC: ANKARA, Turkey —\u00a0A tanker carrying sunflower oil from Russia to Georgia was attacked in the Black Sea, the Turkish maritime authority said Tuesday, days after\u00a0two Russian \u201cshadow fleet\u201d oil tankers were attacked\u00a0by\u00a0Ukrainian naval drones. The Turkish Directorate General of Maritime Affairs said the MIDVOLGA-2 came under attack about 130 kilometers (80 miles) off the Turkish coast. The 13 crew members were unharmed and the vessel has not requested assistance. It was heading toward the Turkish port of Sinop, the maritime authority said in a statement on X. On Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke out against Ukraine\u2019s drone… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52772,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-in-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52773,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52771\/revisions\/52773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/52772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}