Sanctioned tanker struck by Ukrainian drones off Russia's Black Sea coast

Ukrainian officials said that the tanker was empty at the time of the attack.

Marquise was built in 2006 and is reportedly owned and managed by UAE-based companies. It is currently registered to Cameroon but had previously sailed under the flags of Gabon, Barbados, and Vanuatu.

The tanker was placed on EU and UK sanctions lists in October last year for habitually shutting off its AIS and for transporting Russian oil to Turkey via Tuapse.