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Drone strikes tanker offloading fuel at southern Ukrainian port
Los Angeles Times
|November 18, 2025
A drone struck a Turkish-flagged tanker and set it ablaze on Monday in southern Ukraine's Odesa region, officials said, a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a deal to import U.S. liquefied natural gas through the area.
The Orinda was hit during the offloading of liquefied petroleum gas at Izmail port, Turkey's Directorate for Maritime Affairs said. All 16 crew members on board evacuated and no one was hurt, it said.
Russia has used drones, missiles and artillery to repeatedly batter the Odesa region, especially its Black Sea ports, since its full-scale invasion of its neighbor nearly four years ago. There was no immediate comment from Russia on Monday.
Ukrainian officials didn't comment specifically on the tanker, although regional military administration head Oleh Kiper said Russian drones attacked the Odesa region overnight and damaged energy and port infrastructure in several cities.
The attack sparked multiple fires and damaged an unspecified number of civilian vessels, Kiper said, adding that one person was injured.
This story is from the November 18, 2025 edition of Los Angeles Times.
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