Turkiye condemns attack on Black Sea oil tanker that departed Russia

A marine drone struck a crude oil tanker that had departed Russia, causing an explosion in the Black Sea near Istanbul’s Bosphorus strait on Thursday, Turkiye’s transportation minister said.

Turkiye condemned the attack, which it said targeted a Turkish-operated vessel.

“The attack on the Sierra Leone-flagged, Turkish-operated tanker ALTURA carrying crude oil is of great concern,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oncu Keceli said on X, adding that the 27 crew members were in good health.  –Agencies