Oil tanker targeted by drone boats in Black Sea

The Russian Ministry of Transport announced that an oil tanker flying the Liberian flag was targeted by an attack carried out by drone boats in the area near the Black Sea coast. An official statement issued following an emergency meeting by the response command to the incident confirmed that the crude-laden vessel named "Aframax Rio" was struck directly by those boats. The concerned authorities stated that firefighting operations will begin as soon as the intensity of the blaze subsides and rescue ships can safely approach with sufficient resources to handle the incident's aftermath. The ministry noted that an urgent meeting was held for the operations cell dedicated to responding to the attack, while indicating that the entire ship's crew of twenty-three Indian nationals was rescued, with no human casualties recorded according to preliminary indicators.