Drones Attacked Three Oil Tankers Near Turkey

Drones attacked three tankers in the Black Sea near the northern coast of Turkey.

Reuters reported on this, citing the maritime agency Tribeca.

The incident involving the Palau-flagged tanker JAMES II, which was sailing without cargo, occurred approximately 80 km north of the Turkish district of Turkel.

The Sierra Leone-flagged tankers ALTURA and VELORA, which were also sailing without cargo, were attacked in a neighboring area while conducting a ship-to-ship transfer operation.

Coast Guard boats were dispatched to the scene to provide assistance, and all crew members are in satisfactory condition.

Recently, a Russian maritime drone attacked the Ukrainian training sailing ship Druzhba in the port of Odesa.

The sailing ship was built at a Polish shipyard in Gdańsk in 1987, along with sister ships—the Khersones, Pallada, Mir, and Nadezhda—for the Soviet Union’s maritime training institutions.