Ukraine steps up sea drone attacks on Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’

Published December 11, 2025 12:37pm ET



Ukraine on Wednesday renewed attacks on ships it says are carrying Russian oil exports and helping Moscow fund its war against Kyiv. 

The attack on the tanker in the Black Sea marks the third sea drone strike in two weeks that Ukraine has carried out targeting such vessels, dubbed the “shadow fleet,” the Security Service of Ukraine, or SBU, told Reuters. 

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