💥 Attack

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

December 10, 2025 Black Sea

Verified Independently confirmed by 3 sources

Kyiv Independent Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Post

Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.

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

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

On Dec. 10, Ukrainian forces also hit the tanker Dashan, described as part of Russia's 'shadow fleet,' in the Black Sea.

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