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Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) struck a Russian shadow fleet tanker in the Mediterranean Sea with a drone on Dec. 19, marking the first such attack of its kind.

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

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Ukraine's Security Service (organization) Mediterranean Sea (location) SBU (organization) QENDIL tanker (weapon_system) QENDIL (weapon_system) Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) (organization)

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Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) reported on Dec. 19 that it hit a Russian shadow fleet tanker in the Mediterranean Sea with a drone — the first such attack of its kind.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

SBU struck Russian shadow fleet tanker QENDIL in Mediterranean Sea

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Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-02-19T04:22:57.688Z

Source story: sweden-detains-sanctioned-russian-vessel-linked-to-weapons-transport