{"id":5250,"date":"2026-04-16T11:05:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=5250"},"modified":"2026-04-17T13:45:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:45:57","slug":"ukraine-attacks-oil-tanker-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/ukraine-attacks-oil-tanker-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine attacks oil tanker \u2013 Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A Liberian-flagged vessel has been hit and its Turkish captain injured, investigators have said<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ukraine has attacked a Liberian-flagged oil tanker in Russian territorial waters, injuring the vessel\u2019s captain, Russia\u2019s Investigative Committee has said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ship\u2019s captain, a Turkish national, has been hospitalized, the agency reported on Thursday. Investigators have examined the scene, documented the damage, and ordered a forensic explosives analysis.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian drones have also targeted a number of coastal cities in Russia\u2019s southern Krasnodar Region, including Sochi and Dagomys, Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said.<\/p>\n<p>The greatest damage from the overnight attack was recorded in the town of Tuapse, where two people were killed, including a 14-year-old girl. Seven others were injured, officials said.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO: A Ukrainian drone strike in Lugansk, Russia, on June 30, 2025.\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69e09e5e85f540553b2b382c.jpg\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/638485-ukraine-kills-children-tuapse-russia\/\">Ukrainian drone strikes kill two children in Russian city \u2013 governor<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Drone debris fell in residential areas and on the territory of a seaport, and a state of emergency has been declared in the Tuapse district.<\/p>\n<p>In the port city of Novorossiisk, drone debris struck a civilian vessel, causing a fire and injuring one person, Kondratyev said. The authorities suggested the vessel may have been the tanker cited by the Russian Investigative Committee.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Liberian-flagged vessel has been hit and its Turkish captain injured, investigators have said Ukraine has attacked a Liberian-flagged oil [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5250"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5250"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5253,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5250\/revisions\/5253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}