Four blasts strike Russia-linked tanker off Senegal

On November 28, the day after the blasts aboard the Mersin in the Atlantic, Ukrainian naval drones hit two sanctioned tankers in the Black Sea, near Turkey’s coast, as they headed to a Russian port to load oil, an official said on Saturday. Kyiv is trying to pile pressure on Russia’s vast oil industry.

Though the Panamanian-flagged Mersin has also been involved in shipping Russian oil, according to shipping data firm Kpler, there was no indication of any Ukrainian connection. Besiktas Group is the registered owner of the tanker, according to shipping database Equasis.