Russian strike hits Turkish LNG tanker in Odesa prompting evacuation of villages in Romania

Border regions of Romania have repeatedly recorded the wreckage of drones, believed to have been launched by Russia towards Ukraine.
A drone struck a Turkish-flagged tanker and set it on fire in southern Ukraine’s Odesa region on Monday, officials said, a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a deal to import US liquefied natural gas through the area.

The MT Orinda was hit during the offloading of liquefied petroleum gas at Izmail port, Turkey’s Directorate for Maritime Affairs said.

All 16 crew on board evacuated and no one was hurt, it said.

Russia has used drones, missiles and artillery to repeatedly batter the Odesa region, especially its Black Sea ports, since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly four years ago.