RUSSIA ACCUSES UKRAINME OF DRONE ATTACKS AS GAS TANKER SINKS IN MEDITERRANEAN
Russian president vladimir Putin accuses Ukraine of carrying out a ‘terrorist attack’
a Russian tanker Carring liquefied natural gas (LPG) has sunk in the Mediterranean between libya and Malta, as Moscow accused Ukraine of attacking the vessel.
the Libyan port authority said the tanker was hit by “sudden explosions followed by a massive fire which ulti mately led to its complete sinking” on Tuesday night north of the port of sirte Libya.
According to an advisory from Libya’s maritime rescue agency the Arctic metagaz sank in waters between Libya and Malta after catching fire on Tuesday night . it warned vessels to avoid the site where the carrier sank and asked them to report any pollution in the area .
Ukraine’s SBU state security service has not commented on the allegation and the Libyan port authority said the cause of the fire was unclear the Libyans said the tanker was carrying about 62000 tonnes of LNG before the blasts and that it sank about 130 nautical miles(240) north of the Libyan port of Sirte.
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