Turkey-Operated Oil Tanker Attacked in Black Sea

A Turkish-operated oil tanker was attacked early Thursday in the Black Sea, possibly by an unmanned surface vehicle, Turkey’s Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said.

“I can say that a foreign-flagged ship operated by a Turkish company, which had loaded crude oil from Russia, reported an explosion in its engine room after midnight to our emergency call center,” the minister said in a televised interview.

“We believe that the engine room was specifically targeted. We think the attack was not carried out by a drone, but by an unmanned surface vehicle at water level.” (AFP)