Drone attack on Tanker Elbus

Black Sea, off Abana, Türkiye · Russia · 8 January 2026

The tanker Elbus was hit in its upper works about 30 miles off Türkiye's Kastamonu coast while sailing empty toward Novorossiysk. Fire on deck, no injuries; it diverted to Inebolu anchorage.

Every figure on this page is a published claim, kept with its source. Figures count what each side says was launched at it; places are locations that reported impacts. Neither is a casualty count.