After it was written that 6 oil tankers under the EU embargo, transporting oil from Russia, docked in Romania, the Minister of Defense says that no ship from the “ghost fleet” was in Constanta
“At 09:20, on the morning of June 5, one hour and ten minutes before the explosion in Constanța, the oil tanker Safeen Elona, under the flag of the Marshall Islands, leaves the Port of Midia Năvodari”, wrote journalist Emilian Isailă in SpotMedia, on Saturday morning.
The Ukrainians wanted to destroy the oil tanker Safeen Elona
“The destination of the oil tanker was the city of Novorossiîsk. The distance between the port of Midia-Năvodari, to which the Petromidia refinery is connected, and the Russian one is about 800 kilometers.”
“The Ukrainian drone operation in the Black Sea was aimed at destroying the Safeen Elona oil tanker, according to sources who wished to remain anonymous due to the complexity of the situation,” the publication claimed.
On Sunday, SpotMedia published a new article in which it claimed that “6 oil tankers under European Union sanctions and one under US sanctions docked in the port of Constanța, according to Ukrainian government monitoring”.
The reaction of the Minister of Defense
No vessels under sanctions imposed by the EU or the US have operated in Constanța after these measures came into force, says the Minister of Defense, Radu Miruță, in a post on Facebook. in response to the Spot Media article.
“In the last few hours, information circulated according to which 6 oil vessels on the EU/US sanctions lists were operating in the port of Constanța. The subject is a serious one, it is legitimate to be of public interest, but it deserves to be discussed on the basis of facts, not speculation”, wrote Radu Miruță.
The six oil tankers mentioned in the article were present in the port of Constanța, but before they were sanctioned, says the minister who also presented the timelineȘ
- DASHAN / MIANZIMU – last passed through the port of Constanța in August 2023 and was included in the sanctions list in 2024;
- CELINE – the last passage through the port of Constanța was on 14.10.2023, and the sanctions were imposed in October 2025;
- IRA / BELA – entered the port of Constanta on 12.03.2024 and left on 15.03.2024; was included on the sanctions list in 2025;
- CROCO / ARIA – entered the port of Constanța in April 2025 and was internationally sanctioned on 21.05.2025;
- SATNA – entered the port of Constanța on 12.01.2023, and the sanctions were imposed in May 2025;
- PAXMARIS – last passed through the port of Constanța on 09/08/2024 and was included on the sanctions list in May 2025″, elaborated Miruță.
He states that this timeline was established based on official data received from state institutions. “A ship cannot be accused of violating sanctions that did not exist at the time it operated in a port. Facts and data matter. Always,” the Defense Minister concluded.
