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Ukrainian Sea Baby naval drones struck a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the Black Sea, causing critical damage.

Black Sea
Likely Reported by 2 independent sources
Kyiv Independent Institute for the Study of War

Two or more independent sources agree on the core facts. Additional sources would further strengthen this assessment.

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Entities

Sea Baby (weapon_system) Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) (organization) Dashan (organization) DASHAN oil tanker (weapon_system) Sea Baby USV (weapon_system) Ukrainian Navy (military_unit)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

The SBU used Sea Baby naval drones to strike an oil tanker from Russia's shadow fleet in the Black Sea, claiming that it had critically damaged the ship

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces struck the DASHAN oil tanker with Sea Baby USVs in Black Sea

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Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-02-19T05:11:38.443Z

Source story: ukrainian-drone-strike-hits-russias-shadow-fleet-tanker-in-mediterranean-sea-for-the-first-time-source-says