Early in the morning, UAVs targeted the tanker, setting off a fire aboard. Witnesses told Astra that the ship’s stern flooded up to the superstructure. The channel reported that authorities quickly cordoned off the area and deployed buoys around the crippled vessel.

The ships are using deceptive tactics as part of a seemingly coordinated attempt to bypass American naval forces in the region.

The russian oil tanker Valery Gorchakov, hit by drones in Rostov-on-Don on December 18, is gradually sinking.This is reported by the Telegram channel Crimean

The Qendil, a Russian oil tanker, has run aground off Turkey’s Bozcaada after being struck by a Ukrainian drone, with efforts to refloat it underway.

Photos from China's Ministry of Transport show a plume of smoke emanating from the Sanchi tanker in the East China Sea.

Russia’s oil trade survives through legal loopholes, shell companies, and intermediaries, not tankers alone— making courtrooms a more effective battlefield than risky escalation at sea. The arrest of a senior executive,

The listing could make it more challenging for U.S. forces to board the ship, which an arm of the Kremlin’s maritime authority says is now flying the Russian flag.

Crew members aboard the aging, rusted oil tanker that the US has been pursuing at sea for nearly two weeks appear to have painted a crude image of a Russian flag on the ship’s hull, which American officials believe is an attempt at claiming Russian protection,

Norman Alley was napping on deck when Japanese bombs started falling. The Universal News cameraman grabbed his camera and began filming as explosions ripped through the USS Panay on Dec. 12, 1937. Across the river,

The price of U.S. crude jumped 1.4% to $58.13 per barrel. Stocks rose in morning trading on Wall Street Monday to kick off the first full week of the new year, led by energy and technology companies.