Ukraine attacks Russian ‘shadow’ tanker off Libyan coast
Reportedly critical drone strike is first in Mediterranean since full-scale invasion began as maritime conflict grows• Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates• ‘There are hundreds’: tracking Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ of oil tankersUkraine says it has attacked a Russian “shadow...
<p>Reportedly critical drone strike is first in Mediterranean since full-scale invasion began as maritime conflict grows</p><p>• <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/dec/19/ukraine-war-live-zelenskyy-european-union-agreement-90bn-loan-deal-kyiv">Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates</a></p><p>• <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/13/hundreds-baltic-tracking-russia-shadow-fleet-oil-tankers">‘There are hundreds’: tracking Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ of oil tankers</a></p><p>Ukraine says it has attacked a Russian “shadow fleet” tanker with aerial drones 1,250 miles (2,000km) from its borders, in the first such strike in the Mediterranean Sea since Moscow’s full-scale invasion nearly four years ago.</p><p>Friday’s strike off the coast of Libya, which reportedly caused critical damage, took place on the day of Vladimir Putin’s annual end of year press conference.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/19/ukraine-attacks-russian-shadow-tanker-off-libyan-coast">Continue reading...</a>
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