The \u201coutrageous\u201d strikes on the Kairos and Viran oil tankers also violated the rights of the vessels\u2019 owners, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said<\/p>\n
Ukraine\u2019s attacks on commercial tankers in the Black Sea last week constituted an \u201coutrageous\u201d infringement of Turkish sovereignty, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.\u00a0
\nHis comments follow several strikes by explosives-laden sea drones on two Gambian-flagged tankers, Kairos and Virat, which were sailing off the Turkish coast en route to the Russian port of Novorossiysk. On Saturday, another drone attacked a crude hub on Russia\u2019s Black Sea coast belonging to the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), operated by Russia, Kazakhstan, the US, and several Western European nations.\u00a0
\nSpeaking to journalists on Monday, Peskov stated that the attacks on the tankers represent a direct violation of the rights of the vessels\u2019 owners and an encroachment on the sovereignty of the Turkish republic.\u00a0
\nHe told reporters that the Kremlin views the incidents as serious and noted that such attacks could have implications for ongoing diplomatic efforts.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Peskov added that the strikes showed \u201cthe essence of the Kiev regime,\u201d\u00a0and that attacks on international energy-related assets damage commercial property and maritime security.\u00a0\u00a0
\nPreviously, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also condemned Kiev for the \u201cterrorist attacks\u201d on international civilian energy infrastructure. She suggested that they may have been an effort by Kiev to undermine international peace efforts and divert attention away from a major corruption scandal involving the country\u2019s senior officials, as well as Ukraine\u2019s continued battlefield setbacks.\u00a0\u00a0
\nT\u00fcrkiye has also voiced concern about the attacks, saying they occurred within its exclusive economic zone and posed \u201cserious risks\u201d to navigation and the environment.\u00a0
\nWhile Kiev has not officially claimed responsibility for the attacks, several Ukrainian and Western news outlets have reported, citing sources, that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) orchestrated the strikes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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