Explosions were reported on board an oil tanker believed to be used by Russia's "shadow fleet," docked in Ust-Luga in northwest Russia, near President Vladimir Putin's home city of St. Petersburg. The ...

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The vessel, which according to the Kyiv Post was carrying 130,000 tons of fuel oil, was docked in Ust-Luga port, some 100 miles from the Russian president's home city St. Petersburg, when the ...