Ukraine behind 'terrorist' attack on Russian gas tanker, Putin says

Putin accuses Ukraine of ainking Russian gas tanker

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A screengrab from an unverified footage allegedly showing the gas tanker blaze  shared by an adviser to Ukraine's defence minister.
A screengrab from an unverified footage allegedly showing the gas tanker blaze shared by an adviser to Ukraine's defence minister.
Serhii Sternenko | X

Ukraine was behind an attack that sunk a Russian gas carrier off the coast of Libya earlier this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.

"This is a terrorist attack. This isn't the first time we've seen this kind of thing," Putin told a reporter from Russian state television, accusing Kyiv of being responsible.

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