Drone targets Turkish-owned crude oil tanker in Black Sea

A crude oil tanker with 27 Turkish crew on board was hit by a drone in the Black Sea, Istanbul's Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said.

The vessel, which is reportedly owned by Turkish firm Besiktas and carries the flag of Sierra Leonne, had left a Russian port with around one million barrels of crude oil.

According to Anadolu Agency, there were no reports of casualties.