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Russian Sailors Evacuated From Yemen After US Strikes Damage Oil Tanker

Russian Sailors Evacuated From Yemen After US Strikes Damage Oil Tanker

Marine Insight
Russian Sailors Evacuated From Yemen After US Strikes Damage Oil Tanker
Ras Isa Oil terminal
Screengrab from YouTube video posted by NEWS9 Live

All 22 Russian sailors from the oil tanker Seven Pearls have left Yemen, weeks after the ship was damaged during US airstrikes targeting the Houthi-controlled port of Ras Isa. The evacuation, confirmed by Russian diplomatic officials in Yemen, included three crew members who were injured in the attack.

A representative of the Russian Embassy told local media that all Russian citizens from the tanker crew had departed Yemen. The last group of 19 sailors flew from Sana’a to Amman, Jordan, on May 25. The product tanker itself remains anchored in Yemeni territorial waters and has not yet left the area.

The incident occurred on the morning of April 26, when the U.S. carried out a series of airstrikes against multiple Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen, including Ras Isa, Sanaa, Saada, Al-Mahwit, and Al-Hodeidah. The Seven Pearls was anchored near Ras Isa at the time and got caught in the

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