A Russian oil tanker was hit again in the Back Sea on Tuesday which is the fourth incident in a week as Ukrainian forces are stepping up their attack on Vladimir Putinโs shadow fleet.
The Turkish directorate of maritime affairs said the tanker, Midvolga 2 was hit 80 miles of their coastline by a Ukrainian drone as it sailed from Georgia carrying a cargo of sunflower oil.
The ship did not request any help and no injuries were reported among their thirteen crew members.
Last week Ukraine โsuccessfullyโ attacked two sanctioned Russian oil tankers using Sea Baby naval drones off Turkeyโs Black Sea coast.
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A source from the Security Services of Ukraine (SBU) told the Kyiv Independent on Saturday that the two ships, the Kairos and Virat were disabled in the attack and that they could have transported almost $70 million worth of oil.
Vladimir Putin is using several hundred shadow fleet oil tankers to bypass Western sanctions and the two vessels were en route to the Russian port of Novorossiysk to collect more cargo.
The SBU source told the Kyiv Independent the drones โsuccessfully completed their work on the ships,โ they added it was a joint operation with the Ukrainian Navy which โa significant blow to Russian oil transportation.
Moscow has been moaning about Ukraineโs attacks saying it is threatening global energy security and they are strongly condemning the attacks.
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said they condemn Ukraineโs successful attacks on tankers in the Black Sea and infrastructure of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) in Novorossiysk.
She said in a statement, โWe strongly condemn these terrorist attacks and the actions of all parties that facilitated them.
It is claimed to be a photo
From the russian tanker Midvolga-2,
Hit by a drone this morning
Near the coast of Turkey.
๐ฅ๐ฅAnother โunsinkableโ ship meets reality. pic.twitter.com/cG5R4wiuY1— Angelica Shalagina๐บ๐ฆ (@angelshalagina) December 2, 2025
โOur friends at Kazakhstanโs Foreign Ministry have protested against the third act of aggression against the CPC.
โOur Turkish partners have also expressed concern about the attacks.
โWe would like to point out that the civilian energy infrastructure facilities that came under attack play an important role in ensuring global energy security and have never been targeted by international restrictions.โ
On Saturday Ukraine โsuccessfullyโ attacked two sanctioned Russian oil tankers using Sea Baby naval drones off Turkeyโs Black Sea coast.
A source from the Security Services of Ukraine (SBU) told the Kyiv Independent on Saturday that the two ships, the Kairos and Virat were disabled in the attack and that they could have transported almost $70 million worth of oil.
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