29 November 2025, 08:15 Preliminary reports indicated the vessels caught fire due to “external impact,” officials have said
Two tankers sanctioned by the West were damaged by explosions in the Black Sea on Friday, Turkish officials have said.
The Kairos, a Gambian-flagged vessel bound for the Russian port of Novorossiysk, caught fire 28 nautical miles (51 km) off Türkiye’s coast due to unspecified “external factors,” the Turkish Directorate General for Maritime Affairs said later Friday evening.
All 25 crew members, most of them Chinese nationals, have been rescued by the Turkish Coast Guard.
Footage published by officials shows the ship engulfed in flames.
Turkish Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said the information received from the ship “indicated a possible mine strike.” He confirmed that the initial assessment suggested “external impact.”
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