Two Russian Shadow Fleet tankers in the Black Sea hit by Ukraine, SBU official says

Ukraine damaged two Russian tankers with the help of naval drones in the Black Sea. It was a targeted attack on vessels of the so-called shadow fleet, which help circumvent Russian sanctions on oil exports, an official of Ukraine's SBU security service said.

The tankers Kairos and Virat were heading empty to the port of Novorossiysk when they were hit by explosions near the Bosphorus on Friday.

Both tankers were badly damaged, according to the SBU. Ukraine says it is a strike against Russian funding of the war.

(reuters, pmi)