CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities were towing a Russian tanker drifting in the Mediterranean for the past three weeks, after the vessel was damaged in a suspected sea drone attack, officials said Tuesday. The Arctic Metagaz is part of Russia’s so-called shadow fleet transporting fossil fuels in violation of international sanctions over Moscow’s war on Ukraine. Advertisement AdvertisementA video posted on Tuesday by Libyan authorities showed a tugboat towing the slowly moving tanker with a thick rope. The National Oil Corp. in Libya said over the weekend that it was collaborating with Italian energy company Eni to safely bring the damaged tanker to the shore to avert an environmental crisis. The group said Monday that the tanker remained “highly unstable,” and warned about “significant environmental risks for one of the Mediterranean’s most fragile and biodiversity-rich marine areas.”

Source: Libya Today March 24, 2026 14:07 UTC