Drones struck four oil tankers—Delta Harmony (IMO 9408463), Matilda (IMO 9407457), Freud (IMO 9804461), and Delta Supreme (IMO 9585895)—several hours ago in the Black Sea while en route to load oil at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal near Novorossiysk, Russia, according to Reuters as posted by the bayraktar_1love channel over the past 59 minutes ending at 1:45 p.m. UTC on January 13, 2026. Russian sources reported a drone attack a few minutes ago on the Delta Harmony near Novorossiysk, with a fire on the ship, as cited in the same bayraktar_1love post during this reporting window. The tankers were targeted amid ongoing regional tensions. Separately, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy for Coastal and Ground Forces Akhmedov Sukhrab Sultanovich was removed from his post, including for the poorly organized column offensive on Dobropolye on December 22, 2025, which caused unjustified losses, according to the Мир сегодня с "Юрий Подоляка" channel and VARYAG channel posts in the same period. A related post by moklasen referenced Akhmedov as commander of the Naval Infantry Grouping during a September joint command post visit by Gerasimov. A storm alert was issued for Arabat Strelka and further to Kerch, as stated by the Lpr 1 channel during the reporting window.
