ISTANBUL (AP) — Three oil tankers were attacked by drones Thursday off Turkey's Black Sea coast, a shipping agency said.
The ships all appear on Western sanctions lists as part of a "shadow fleet" exporting Russian oil and petroleum products and evading Western sanctions on Moscow because of its war in Ukraine. One was previously targeted in March.
Tribeca Shipping said the Palau-flagged ship James II was sailing 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Turkeli district in Sinop when it was attacked. It was not carrying any cargo.