The Yemeni Houthis, who are allies of Russia, attacked two tankers with Russian cargo.
The tankers were involved in schemes to bypass the sanctions restrictions of the Russian Federation.
The CHIOS LION tanker transported 100,000 tons of crude oil from Tuapse, Russia. A drone attack damaged it.
Another tanker with Russian cargo BENTLEY I left Taman and was heading to Shanghai. It was attacked by three surface boats, two small boats, and one uncrewed surface vessel. It was also probably hit by an anti-ship ballistic missile.
The 1st crude oil tanker (Crude oil tanker) CHIOS LION, IMO 9398280, departed on July 2 from the Russian (!) port of Tuapse – Port of departure RU TUA 2024-07-02 21:21 (UTC+3) with a cargo of 100,000 tons of Russian (!) crude oil.
In the Suez Canal, everyone was informed that security was on board – SEC TEAM ON BOARD.
On 07/15/2024, it was attacked using a surface drone (MBEK – sea uncrewed boat, surface drone). It was damaged, but the crew was not injured.
Allies of the Russian Federation attacked a Russian tanker, but also in the fact that the tanker CHIOS LION.
BENTLEY was attacked by three surface boats, two small boats, and one unmanned surface vessel (USV).
