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Tanker carrying Russian oil hit by drone in Black Sea near Turkey

ISTANBUL, March 26 - 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, Turkey's transportation minister said. Grouped from 2 articles across 1 sources.

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The Straits TimesMar 26, 2026, 10:01 AM

Tanker carrying Russian oil hit by drone in Black Sea near Turkey

ISTANBUL, March 26 - 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, Turkey's transportation minister said.

The Straits TimesMar 26, 2026, 9:56 AM

Tanker carrying Russian oil hit by drone in Black Sea near Turkey

The tanker had left Russia’s port of Novorossiysk with about 1 million barrels of crude oil.

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