A drone attacked the Palau-flagged oil tanker Elbus heading to Russian port Novorossiysk approximately 50 km off Abana district in Kastamonu Province, Türkiye. The upper part of the vessel was damaged but no crew members were injured.
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A drone attacked an oil tanker heading for the Russian port of Novorossiysk off the Black Sea coast near Türkiye, damaging the upper part of the vessel with no casualties
A drone attacked the oil tanker Elbus sailing under Palau's flag in the Black Sea, approximately 30 miles off the coast of Abana district in Kastamonu region, Turkey
The strike damaged the upper part of the tanker
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Extracted: 2026-07-18T17:02:37.688Z
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