https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/03/28/gvyn-m28.html
Black Sea turns into a battlefield: A Turkish-operated tanker carrying Russian oil was hit
Barış Demir
An image from video released December 2025 by Ukraine’s security service shows a Russian oil tanker that was struck by a Ukrainian sea drone in the Black Sea [Photo: Security Service of Ukraine]
The crude oil tanker Altura, owned by Turkish company Pergamon Shipping and en route from Russia, was struck by an armed unmanned maritime vehicle (UMV) on Thursday, 26 kilometres (16 miles) from the entrance to the Bosphorus Strait.
No one has officially claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred in the fifth year of the US-NATO war against Russia in Ukraine. Carried out during the US-Israel war of annihilation against Iran, Türkiye’s eastern neighbour, the attack underscores the danger of escalation and expansion in the Ukraine war.