{"id":2584058,"date":"2026-03-26T11:56:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drone-hits-turkish-oil-tanker-near-istanbuls-bosphorus-strait\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:59:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:59:58","slug":"drone-hits-turkish-oil-tanker-near-istanbuls-bosphorus-strait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drone-hits-turkish-oil-tanker-near-istanbuls-bosphorus-strait\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone hits Turkish oil tanker near Istanbul&#8217;s Bosphorus Strait"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdrone-hits-turkish-oil-tanker-near-istanbuls-bosphorus-strait%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2584058&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A naval drone struck the Altura, a tanker carrying Russian crude that was sailing under the Sierra Leone flag near Turkey\u2019s bosphorus in the Black Sea. The vessel was en route from Novorossiysk, Russia, to Istanbul, adn its 27 crew members-Turkish nationals-were unharmed.The attack occurred just outside Turkey\u2019s territorial waters, about 18 nautical miles from the Bosphorus. Turkish officials said a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >foreign unmanned surface vehicle<\/a> likely targeted the engine room, tho no organization has claimed responsibility. the European Union and the United Kingdom have sanctioned the Altura for alleged involvement in Russian shadow fleet activity. The incident comes amid wider efforts to curb Russian oil revenues, including sanctions on other Russian vessels and plans to monitor or board shadow fleet tankers, with western leaders and Ukraine\u2019s Zelensky commenting on the situation. The report also touches on related regional tensions, including Iran-related developments and sanctions dynamics in the Black Sea region.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Drone hits Turkish oil tanker near Istanbul&rsquo;s Bosphorus Strait<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2543746\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A naval drone struck a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/turkey\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"234\">Turkish<\/a> oil tanker carrying <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"80\">Russian<\/a> crude oil in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/black-sea\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3144\">Black Sea<\/a> near Turkey&rsquo;s Bosphorus Strait on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey&rsquo;s minister of transportation and infrastructure, Abdulkadir Uraloglu, confirmed the incident to local media on Thursday. The oil-carrying vessel, the <em>Altura<\/em>, was sailing from Novorossiysk, Russia, to Istanbul when it was hit by a waterborne drone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4503242\/iran-war-sparks-lobbying-gold-rush-defense-energy-sectors\/\">Iran war sparks lobbying gold rush for defense and energy sectors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy\/4504194\/postal-service-surcharge-packages-fuel-prices\/\">Postal Service to apply 8% surcharge on packages as Iran war raises fuel prices<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy\/4504051\/blackrock-larry-fink-global-recession-oil-iran-war\/\">BlackRock CEO warns of global recession if oil hits $150 amid Iran war<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Turkish officials believe a foreign unmanned surface vehicle at water level targeted the vessel&rsquo;s engine room, Uraloglu <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/a_uraloglu\/status\/2037087377802305828?s=20\">told<\/a> Turkish outlet <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yirmidort.tv\/\">24 TV<\/a>. The ship was sailing under the flag of Sierra Leone at the time of the attack, according to Vessel Finder.<\/p>\n<p>Uraloglu <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/a_uraloglu\/status\/2037087377802305828?s=20\">announced<\/a> that all 27 crew members aboard, all of whom were Turkish nationals, were uninjured in the attack. The attack occurred just outside Turkey&rsquo;s territorial waters, about 18 nautical miles from the Bosphorus Strait,&nbsp;according&nbsp;to France 24.<\/p>\n<p>Both the European Union and the United Kingdom have imposed sanctions against <em>Altura<\/em>. The EU sanctioned the ship due to its involvement in Russian Shadow fleet activity, according to the <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Business\/wireStory\/naval-drone-strike-damages-turkish-operated-tanker-black-131425578\">Associated Press<\/a><\/em>. Likewise, the United Kingdom imposed <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">sanctions on the tanker on Feb. 24, 2026,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/search-uk-sanctions-list.service.gov.uk\/designations\/RUS3425\/Ship\">citing<\/a>&nbsp;that the Secre<\/span>tary of State&rsquo;s office had &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-evidence-of-hamas-oct-7-sexual-violence-emerges-in-israeli-report\/\" title=\"New evidence of Hamas Oct. 7 sexual violence emerges in Israeli report\">reasonable grounds&#038;rdquo<\/a>; to believe the ship was involved in activities intended to destabilize&nbsp;Ukraine, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/egypt-to-raise-suez-canal-transit-fees-for-ships-in-2023\/\" title=\"Egypt to Raise Suez Canal Transit Fees for Ships in 2023\">carrying oil<\/a> from Russia to other nations.<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/search-uk-sanctions-list.service.gov.uk\/designations\/RUS3425\/Ship\">U.K. statement <\/a>with reasons for the sanctions said the <em>Altura<\/em> &ldquo;is, has been or is likely to be involved in activity whose object or effect is to destabilise Ukraine or undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty or independence of Ukraine or to obtain a benefit from or support the Government of Russia.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear who launched the water attack on the <em>Altura<\/em> near the key oil shipping strait. The Black Sea is shared by Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Georgia, and Romania.<\/p>\n<p>The attack comes as Russian oil has been launched into the center of the news cycle on international conflicts. The United States and European Countries have cracked down on Russian shadow fleet tankers in recent months, with the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4409365\/us-seizes-sanctioned-oil-tanker\/\">U.S. capturing the <em>Bella 1<\/em><\/a><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><em>, a<\/em>&nbsp;sanctioned <\/span>tanker, in January and the U.K. announcing on Thursday that its military would board Russian shadow fleet tankers in&nbsp;British waters.<\/p>\n<p>U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer&rsquo;s announcement was made as part of a push by several NATO allies to support Ukraine in its ongoing war with Russia. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"891\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> thanked Starmer for his move on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4504160\/russia-drones-aid-iran-war\/\">RUSSIA SENDING DRONES TO IRAN TO SHORE UP WAR EFFORT: REPORT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is hardly a secret that Russia funnels illegal oil revenues directly into its war machine. Anything that cuts off that flow brings peace closer and makes Europe safer. Sanctioned tankers must be stopped, their oil seized,&rdquo; Zelensky <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/2037132516331487371?s=20\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Russian oil has also come up in the context of the U.S.-Israeli war with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a>, as Iran has claimed foreign projectiles have hit or targeted its nuclear facilities, like the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4495176\/iran-war-nuclear-power-plant-hit\/\">Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant<\/a>. The Iranian Bushehr nuclear facility is heavily tied to Russia&rsquo;s state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom, which swiftly&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/russias-rosatom-condemns-strike-territory-irans-bushehr-nuclear-plant-2026-03-17\/\">spoke out<\/a>&nbsp;against the attack on Bushehr when it was first reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drone strikes Turkish oil tanker near Bosphorus Strait<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2584059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ap23118211353629-advantage-sweet-iran-tanker-seized-e1770297592940.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[76580,11948,73365],"class_list":["post-2584058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-bosphorus","tag-drone","tag-oil-tanker-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ap23118211353629-advantage-sweet-iran-tanker-seized-e1770297592940.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2584058"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2584062,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2584058\/revisions\/2584062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2584059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2584058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2584058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2584058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}