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Unidentified.. Two Greek oil tankers were attacked by drones


Attacked Unidentified drones Tuesday, two Greek oil tankers in Black Sea, one of them was scheduled to load Kazakh oil on the Russian coast.

The two tankers were not damaged, "Matilda" Which fly the Maltaand"Delta Harmony" Which flies the flag of Liberia, suffered severe damage, according to what an official in the Greek Ministry of Maritime Affairs told Agence France-Presse.

None of the Greek or Kazakh officials indicated the party behind the attack.

However, the agency "RIA Novosti" Russian News quoted an unidentified source as saying that these attacks were carried out by Ukraine.
Kiev has not issued any comment yet.

Loading Kazakh oil

It was "Matilda" Destined to load Kazakh oil at a terminal "Caspian Pipeline International Consortium" (CPC) near the Russian port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea, when it was attacked, according to a company "Kazmunaigas" (KazMunaygas), owned by the Kazakh state.

She explained that "There were no casualties among the crew members"adding that "According to initial assessments, the ship remains seaworthy, and there are no signs of serious structural damage"

For its part, the Kazakh Ministry of Energy reported that the oil tanks belonging to…"Delta Harmony" It was empty when the attack occurred, and Russian and Ukrainian attacks on civilian ships have been increasing for several weeks.

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