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Suspected Ukrainian strike sets Russian shadow-fleet tanker ablaze off SochiBurning ship identified as shadow-fleet tanker Aframax Rea
2 Oct 6 1:36 PM · 7d ago · 1 article · 3 posts · 4 sources · development 2 of 3
Russian Telegram channels and Novaya Gazeta Europe reported the burning vessel may be the Liberia-flagged tanker Aframax Rea, a crude oil tanker placed on Ukraine's shadow-fleet sanctions list in February 2026; the ship may have been struck by naval drones.
“Ukraine has just struck an oil tanker, which is now burning off the coast of Sochi in Russia's Krasnodar region, with a massive fire and a black smoke column rising several kilometres.”
@HormuzLetterVolodymyr Zelensky President of Ukraine
Oleh Kiper Odesa Oblast GovernorDmytro Barinov President, Ukrainian Ports Association UkrportRussian authorities (Sochi/Sirius) Local officials
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Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 1 claim were published in its stretch
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first by Ukrinform, 7d ago · also Kyiv Independent
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- Shadow fleet tanker reportedly ablaze near Russian port city Sochi The Kyiv Independent · 7d ago
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BREAKING: Ukraine has just struck an oil tanker, which is now burning off the coast of Sochi in Russia's Krasnodar region, with a massive fire and a black smoke column rising several kilometres.
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🔥 A Russian "shadow fleet" tanker is on fire off the coast of Sochi. The Aframax Rio was hauling oil to India under a Liberian flag. Wasn't on the EU’s sanction list - but Ukrainian kinetic sanctions took swift action to stop the kremlin’s cashflow.
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