Putin Warns of Possible Strikes on Ukrainian Allies’ Ships

The fire-damaged sanctioned Kairos tanker in the Black Sea, in a photo released by the Turkish Ministry of Transport on Nov. 30.Source: Turkish Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure

Vladimir Putin warned that Russia may consider striking the ships of countries supporting Ukraine if a surge in attacks on Moscow’s tanker fleet doesn’t halt.

“What the Ukrainian armed forces are doing now is piracy,” Putin told reporters in Moscow, in comments broadcast by the state-run Rossiya 24 TV channel.