2026-03-26 06:59:21

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A Turkish oil tanker carrying 1 million barrels of Russian crude was just hit by drones 15 miles from the Bosphorus Strait, per Bloomberg.
The M/T Altura departed Novorossiysk, Russia with 140,000 tons of crude oil. A powerful explosion flooded the engine room and damaged the bridge.
15 miles. That’s how close a drone strike on a loaded oil tanker came to the Bosphorus, one of the world’s most critical shipping chokepoints.
3% of global oil supply passes through it daily.
The tanker is EU-sanctioned and classified as a Russian “Shadow Fleet” vessel.
This is the second shadow fleet tanker hit in the Black Sea this year.
Hormuz is mined in the Gulf.
The Bosphorus is now under drone threat in the Black Sea.
Two of the world’s most critical oil chokepoints are under simultaneous pressure for the first time in modern history.

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