European governments need to act faster to counter hybrid threats and prevent damage to infrastructure, Polish representatives tell Posidonia

The Vanuatu-flagged vessel was travelling to Odesa from Türkiye when it was struck by the drone late on Thursday

The Russian security service said the mines were discovered during an underwater inspection of the gas carrier at Ust-Luga

As the Hormuz crisis drags on, the US has issued a third sanctions waiver on Russian oil exports. The main beneficiaries: Russian exporters, Chinese and Indian importers, and the shadow fleet operators carrying Russian crude

Tanker was first boarded by the Swedish coastguard in March 2026 after it was suspected the vessel was falsely flagged

Independent panel could rule on whether military clashes constitute war for insurance payout purposes

LMAA award has implications for Hormuz crisis, NorthStandard warns

‘We protect our waters,’ says Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson after multiple boardings in recent months

The vessel’s master was injured in the attack, in the latest of a wave of drone exchanges between Russia and Ukraine targeting each other’s port infrastructure

No casualties were reported by Ukrainian authorities, but infrastructure at the port was hit in the drone attack 

Ukraine’s security service said the master entered Kerch on a sanctioned tanker in 2024 and exported grain through occupied Crimea in January 2021

Russian drone strikes late on Wednesday damaged port infrastructure across Ukraine’s Odesa region, hitting warehouses, storage sites and residential areas, and sparking fires in containers and vehicles