Drone boat attack sets oil tanker ablaze off Russia's Black Sea coast

Russia said a Liberia-flagged oil tanker caught fire after a drone boat attack off its Black Sea coast, and its 23 crew members were rescued.

• Russia's transport ministry announced the rescue of the tanker Rio's crew after a drone boat attack ignited a blaze aboard on Tuesday.
• The ministry said all 23 crew members, all Indian nationals, were rescued with no injuries reported.
• Firefighting crews are working to extinguish the fire as its intensity recedes, the ministry said.
• Sochi authorities closed resort beaches, and Russian officials did not identify who launched the attack.
• Ukraine was identified as the attacker, and Kyiv frames such strikes on Russian oil infrastructure as retaliation for Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities.
• The transport ministry said crude oil was burning in the Black Sea after the drone-boat attack.