Putin Blames Ukraine for Tanker Sinking as France Boycotts Events
Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of a naval drone strike from Libya that sank the LNG tanker Arctic Metagaz in the Mediterranean.Maltese rescue services safely recovered all 30 Russian crew members after the vessel caught fire and sank between Libya and Malta.Ukraine condemned the release of two dual-citizen prisoners to Hungary as political manipulation while France announced a boycott of the Paralympic Games.These tensions follow
Vladimir Putin threatening an early exit from the
EU gas market as
Volodymyr Zelenskyy fears a diversion of Western aid.