A Russian-flagged LNG tanker caught fire in the Mediterranean on Monday, according to reports.
The vessel, identified as the Arctic Metagaz, was said to be ablaze early on Monday near Malta or the Libyan coast. Images circulating on social media showed flames rising from the ship but there was no immediate word on crew casualties.
Russia’s transport ministry said on Wednesday that Ukrainian naval drones were responsible for an attack on a Russian ship carrying gas – Arctic Metagaz – which caught fire in the Mediterranean a day earlier.
The ministry said the attack was “an act of international terrorism” and that all 30 crew members, who were Russian nationals, were safe. The Security Service of Ukraine did not respond to a request.
Meanwhile, Volodymyr Zelensky has said Russia’s military failed to achieve aims it set out last year and would have difficulty fulfilling advances that Moscow hoped to achieve.
Addressing journalists in Kyiv, the Ukrainian president said Moscow’s plans of seizing all of eastern Ukraine and areas further south remained unchanged.
