Danger in the seven seas.
If the Russia-Ukraine war had already caused a major disruption in navigation in the dangerous Black Sea, now we’ve come to the point where ships can pretty much be attacked anywhere.
Yesterday (19), Ukraine executed a special op striking an Oman-flagged tanker on Friday, widening the Ukrainian operation from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean, opening up a dark precedent.
The drone struck the empty Qendil oil tanker, a ‘shadow fleet’ vessel sanctioned by the UK and EU, off the coast of Libya.
It is reported that the SBU has struck a tanker in neutral waters of the Mediterranean Sea for the first time. Using drones.
The sabotage was carried out at a distance of more than two thousand kilometers from Ukraine.
So who is launching drones over Europe? Hmm… pic.twitter.com/lkJUI52HCh
— Anatolij Sharij (@anatoliisharii) December 19, 2025
Ukraine aerial drones to strike a empty Russian shadow fleet oil tanker, the Qendil, in the Mediterranean off the Libyan coast.
How they got the drones there hasn’t been answered.Ukraine is operating further afield to carry out their war objectives. pic.twitter.com/6fdKBNBHoK
— Mistress Belladonna Nightshade (@VampireBella13) December 19, 2025
Daily News reported:
“The source claimed that the tanker, called the Qendil, had ‘sustained critical damage and cannot be used for its intended purpose’.
The explosive attack on the empty vessel was the first of its kind in the Mediterranean and a dramatic development in the near four-year war between Russia and Ukraine.”
Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ of over 1,000 ships takes its oil around the world – and there’s no shortage of buyers.
Russia retaliates:
“And here is the “response” for attacks on tankers: the RF Armed Forces attacked the port infrastructure of the Odessa region: seven dead, 15 wounded – the regional administration.
As a result of the strike, trucks caught fire in the parking lot.
The… pic.twitter.com/3PR1EXLzyY
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Towhee
(@amborin) December 19, 2025
“Speaking at an annual year-end press conference in Moscow, Vladimir Putin vowed to retaliate.
‘Another of our tankers in the Mediterranean has been attacked’, the Russian president said. But he claimed it would not have the desired effect of disrupting supplies, adding ‘in the end, [it] will only create an additional threat. A response from our country will follow’.”
russia has struck the Southern Port in Odesa Oblast and hit the tanks, — Kuleba.
Also, more than 37,000 subscribers in Odesa and Odesa District currently remain without electricity. pic.twitter.com/GJx03yxSHc— EMPR.media (@EuromaidanPR) December 20, 2025
The number of dead and injured in yesterday’s missile strike on the port in the Odessa region has increased to 8 and 27.
The Russians also hit the port of Pivdennyi in the Odesa region.
37 thousand subscribers in Odesa region are currently without electricity. pic.twitter.com/9p2LnHr81V
— The Ukrainian Review (@UkrReview) December 20, 2025
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