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.