Ukraine, through its SBU, recently intensified naval drone attacks, critically damaging the Comoros Islands-flagged tanker Dashan in its Black Sea exclusive economic zone.The Dashan, part of Russia's "shadow fleet" and operating under EU and UK sanctions, was struck as it sailed with its transponder off, reportedly shown in footage from an approaching Ukrainian naval drone.These actions unfold amidst ongoing clashes including Ukrainian rocket fire near Pokrovsk and Russian missile strikes on a
DTEK plant and civilian areas in Kiev, alongside international peace efforts involving
US Congress,
Donald Trump, and European Commissioner
Marta Kos.