Four Greek‑managed tankers have been drawn into the escalating drone war in the Black Sea, with Ukrainian sources claiming a quartet of ships off Novorossiysk were targeted early on Tuesday as Kyiv and Moscow continue to trade blows against each other’s energy arteries. Delta Harmony, Delta Supreme, Matilda and Freud – all under Greek management – were reported by Ukrainian sources as being in the crosshairs of drone strikes near the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal off Yuzhnaya Ozereyevka, a loading point that handles the bulk of Kazakhstan’s crude exports as well as Russian barrels. Initial industry chatter suggested all four were hit. By Tuesday evening, owners were pushing back hard on that narrative, but two strikes have now been formally confirmed. Kazakhstan’s energy ministry said Delta Harmony, managed by Greece’s Delta Tankers, and Matilda, managed by Thenamaris and chartered by a KazMunayGas unit, were attacked by drones while waiting to load Kazakh crude. Delta Harmony was struck by a projectile off Novorossiysk at 0512 GMT, Delta Tankers said. A brief fire broke out on deck and was quickly extinguished; all crew are safe, no pollution has been reported, and the ship has left the area under its own power. Thenamaris said Matilda, in ballast around 30 miles off CPC’s moorings, was hit by two drones, with minor, repairable damage to deck structures and no injuries. Maritime security sources also reported a short‑lived fire on board. Delta Tankers has since stressed that a second ship under its management, Delta Supreme, was not impacted, knocking down earlier market talk that it too had been hit. TMS Tankers, manager of the Freud, likewise denied that its vessel suffered any damage, despite being named in Ukrainian reports as a target. The attacks come barely six weeks after a Ukrainian drone hit one of CPC’s three main single‑point moorings on November 29, disrupting flows from the 1,500 km pipeline that funnels crude from Kazakh fields such as Tengiz and Karachaganak to the Black Sea. Kyiv has made no official comment on the latest tanker strikes, but Ukraine has repeatedly framed its attacks on Russian oil export infrastructure as fair retaliation for Moscow’s onslaught on its own energy grid. Novorossiysk and the surrounding offshore terminals are now firmly part of that battlefield. One of the hit tankers, Delta Harmony, had been expected to load Tengizchevroil cargo for a Chevron‑linked program. All the vessels involved are part of the mainstream Greek tanker fleet, not the opaque shadow fleet. Black Sea war risk premiums almost doubled on Tuesday, according to market sources, with Russia also targeting a number of bulk carriers calling at Ukrainian ports in recent days. Tendar (X.com) googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2'); }); TagsGreece Russia Ukraine