00:00Ukraine reportedly struck another oil tanker from Russia's so-called shadow fleet in the Black Sea on Wednesday.
00:09Authorities said naval drones caused critical damage.
00:13Russian officials claimed that three Ukrainian sea drones attacked the tanker,
00:17while a British aircraft was allegedly operating in the western part of the Black Sea during the attack.
00:24Ukraine's security service said the oil tanker was sailing under the flag of Comoros
00:28and was travelling at a fast speed with its transponder turned off.
00:32The vessel was travelling inside Ukraine's exclusive economic zone off the coast of Crimea
00:37and was heading towards a port terminal in Russia.
00:41The EU, the UK, Canada, Australia and Switzerland have previously sanctioned the tanker
00:47for its role in transporting Russian oil and for operating with its vessel identification systems disabled.
00:53Russia uses a shadow fleet which consists of all tankers often travelling under flags
00:58of countries like Comoros and Panama to circumvent western sanctions.
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