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Ukraine Drone Strike Sinks Russian LNG Tanker in Mediterranean

A Russian liquefied natural gas carrier, the Arctic Metagaz, exploded and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya after what Vladimir Putin has called a Ukrainian terrorist attack using drones. The vessel had been carrying 61,000 tonnes of LNG and was already sanctioned by the US and EU as part of Russia's "shadow fleet" used to bypass Western energy restrictions. Putin's accusation marks a significant escalation in the geographic reach of the Ukraine conflict.

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Putin accuses Ukraine of attacking gas tanker that exploded and sank off Libya

The Guardian · Mar 4