Turkish authorities reported that two oil tankers linked to the notorious Russian "shadow fleet" which are on the international sanctions list, caught fire on Friday in the Black Sea near the Bosporus Strait, triggering an extensive rescue operation.
The first ship, the Gambia-flagged Kairos, exploded and caught fire about 28 nautical miles off the Turkish coast of Kocaeli province, while sailing without cargo from Egypt to the Russian port of Novorossiysk, the Turkish Transport Ministry reported.
