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Ukrainian drone attack sets oil tanker ablaze off Sochi

Rank
Running: 33h
Updated: 3h ago
Momentum: -16%
Outlets: 62
Regions: 4
Countries: 32
Languages: 22

+22

How it spread

Outlets, by hours since the first article

First outlet: Onet, 6 Oct, 16:13 UTC.
Second country: Lithuania, with 15min.
Second region: Middle East, with Anadolu Agency.
Fastest hour: +12 outlets from 6 Oct, 17:26 UTC.
Now: 62 outlets.

Where it travelled

The 32 countries whose press covered it, the later a country joined, the more it stands out. Open the live map

The regions

15%69%

Americas 6 outlets · 5 countries · 10%
Asia-Pacific 9 outlets · 4 countries · 15%
Europe 43 outlets · 20 countries · 69%
Middle East 4 outlets · 3 countries · 6%

First movers

Onet 6 Oct, 16:13 UTC
15min +27m
Ukrainska Pravda +29m
Kommersant +1h 3m
Novaya Gazeta Europe +1h 13m

Latest arrivals

HVG 7 Oct, 13:49 UTC
Marine Insight 7 Oct, 11:46 UTC
Interfax 7 Oct, 11:42 UTC
Cyprus Mail 7 Oct, 10:39 UTC
The Moscow Times 7 Oct, 09:05 UTC

The figures

Coverage: 62 outlets in 32 countries, across 4 regions, 2 of them trade press. The article links are kept for good for every story that reaches the map. Of the 62 outlets, 3 state-owned, 5 public-service, 54 private. A count of countries is not a count of independent press systems.
Countries by region: Americas 5: Argentina, Brazil, Guatemala, Peru, United States. Asia-Pacific 4: India, Indonesia, Thailand, Uzbekistan. Europe 20: Austria, Cyprus, Czechia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom. Middle East 3: Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates. The region a country’s press publishes from, as the feed list files it; the outlets that publish from no single country count as one country under International.
Languages: Czech, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek.
Timeline: Earliest article Onet, 6 Oct 2026, 16:13 UTC. First seen 6 Oct 2026, 16:31 UTC. Last seen 7 Oct 2026, 22:35 UTC. The earliest article is the earliest claimed publication time among the outlets Loudest reads, a claim rather than an observation and not a record of who broke the story (the data files call it the lead article); first seen is when Loudest first fetched an article of it, from which the running time counts.
Classification: Region Europe, Russia. Topic Shipping & trade. Hard news Judged hard news. On the map. Whether the story is hard news under the rule in the methodology, judged from its headlines by a model; a story judged outside the rule is left off the map and kept here. The region and country are where the story is about, not where it was covered.
Score: 1.01, as of now. One vote per general-press country and a smaller term for outlets, each counted from the moment it joined the story and fading on its own clock, so a late article does not renew the rest. A day in the archive keeps the score it was ranked by that day.
Chain: Merged from 4 stories Major fire breaks out at port in Sochi; Ukrainian drone attack sets fire to oil tanker off Sochi; Tanker catches fire in Black Sea near Sochi; Tanker catches fire in Black Sea near Sochi. A story continues another when it resembled it as it began, past that story’s own 48-hour box. A story merged from several was grouped from stories about the same event; each keeps its own headline and page, and the whole story counts every outlet and country once.
Day by day: Outlets and countries are the story’s whole life as of that midnight; the 24-hour columns are that day’s own coverage; the last column is the methodology version the day was measured under, and a day that spans a change of version shows the first and last, linked to the changelog that lists every version between. A day marked partial is one Loudest read only in part: fewer than 130 of its 144 ten-minute runs, or more than 30 minutes missed at its start or end.

Day Rank Score Outlets Countries 24h outlets 24h countries Method

6 Oct 2026 35 15.18 26 15 26 15 4.6

7 Oct 2026 23 16.43 62 32 33 18 4.6

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How this was measured

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Started 6 Oct, 16:31 UTC · Updated 7 Oct, 22:35 UTC

Merged from 4 stories

Covered by 62 outlets

Pin outlets you trust with ☆ and they come first in every story.

Americas 6 outlets

Maritime Executive United States 7 Oct, 22:35 UTC
Greenpeace Warns of Environmental Fallout From Tanker Attack in Black Sea
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- Tanker Catches Fire, Spills Oil off Russian Resort Town of Sochi 6 Oct, 19:10 UTC
Metrópoles Brazil 7 Oct, 08:33 UTC
Ataque russo à Ucrânia deixa 11 mortos e drone de Kiev atinge petroleiro
La Hora (GT) Guatemala 7 Oct, 01:21 UTC
Petrolero se incendia frente a las costas de Sochi, Rusia, tras presunto ataque con drones de Ucrania
Clarín Argentina 6 Oct, 20:09 UTC
Se desata una batalla contra petroleros en el Mar Negro y Ucrania redobla su alerta por un súper golpe de Rusia
El Comercio Peru 6 Oct, 19:28 UTC
Petrolero arde frente a las costas rusas del mar Negro tras ataque de drones ucranianos
Infobae Argentina 6 Oct, 18:30 UTC
Arde un petrolero frente a las costas rusas del mar Negro tras ataque de drones ucranianos

Asia-Pacific 9 outlets

Europe 43 outlets

HVG Hungary 7 Oct, 13:49 UTC
Videón egy Szocsinál lángoló árnyékflottás tanker, miután ukrán dróncsapás érte
iDNES Czechia 7 Oct, 12:45 UTC
Hořelo i moře. Tanker u Soči uhasili, ekologická katastrofa nehrozí, tvrdí Rusko
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- U ruského Soči hoří ropný tanker, oblohu zahalil mohutný kouř 6 Oct, 17:58 UTC
Kommersant Russia 7 Oct, 12:43 UTC
Танкер «Афрамакс Рио» дрейфует вдоль берега Сочи после пожара
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Interfax Russia 7 Oct, 11:42 UTC
РСТ сообщил о штатной работе санаториев в Сочи после пожара на танкере
Meduza Russia 7 Oct, 11:15 UTC
Oil tanker burns off Russia’s Sochi after naval drone attack, sending smoke billowing over the coast. Photos and videos.
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- Oil tanker burns off coast of Sochi, blanketing the city in black smoke 6 Oct, 18:20 UTC
Onet Poland 7 Oct, 10:56 UTC
Władze Soczi reagują po pożarze tankowca. Do mieszkańców wystosowano apel
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- Potężny pożar w porcie w Soczi. Chmura dymu nad miastem 6 Oct, 16:13 UTC
Cyprus Mail Cyprus 7 Oct, 10:39 UTC
Cyprus-linked tanker ablaze off Sochi after Black Sea drone attack
The Moscow Times Russia 7 Oct, 09:05 UTC
Sochi Closes Beaches After Drone Attack Sets Oil Tanker Ablaze
Wirtualna Polska Poland 7 Oct, 08:40 UTC
Morze stanęło w płomieniach. Tak wyglądał pożar tankowca w Rosji
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- Pożar tankowca w pobliżu Soczi. Należał do "floty cieni"? 6 Oct, 18:14 UTC
The Independent United Kingdom 7 Oct, 08:31 UTC
Crude oil ‘openly burning’ in Black Sea after Ukraine strikes tanker off Russian coast
RMF24 Poland 7 Oct, 07:40 UTC
Pożar tankowca na Morzu Czarnym. Rosyjski kurort spowity dymem, zamknięte plaże
G4Media Romania 7 Oct, 07:31 UTC
VIDEO: Incendiu uriaș la un petrolier în apropiere de Soci, care ar fi fost atacat de drone navale ucrainene
La Vanguardia Spain 7 Oct, 07:22 UTC
Drones navales impactan contra un petrolero frente a la ciudad rusa de Sochi
TVN24 Poland 7 Oct, 06:27 UTC
Pożar tankowca na Morzu Czarnym. Nagranie trafiło do sieci
HotNews Romania 7 Oct, 05:34 UTC
Incendiu uriaș lângă Soci. Un petrolier lovit de ucraineni arde, fumul negru a acoperit stațiunea
Aftonbladet Sweden 7 Oct, 05:19 UTC
Oljetanker i brand efter attack vid Sotji
15min Lithuania 7 Oct, 04:40 UTC
Prie Sočio krantų Rusijoje po Ukrainos dronų atakos užsidegė tanklaivis
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- Jūroje prie Sočio kilo didžiulis gaisras, vaizdo įrašuose – dūmų kamuoliai ir kylančios liepsnos 6 Oct, 16:41 UTC
The Guardian United Kingdom 7 Oct, 04:39 UTC
Naval drone hits oil tanker off Russian resort city Sochi, triggering massive blaze
Rai News Italy 7 Oct, 04:05 UTC
Petroliera in fiamme nel Mar Nero: la linea di fuoco vista dalla costa
Digi24 Romania 7 Oct, 03:51 UTC
Incendiu uriaș pe Marea Neagră: un petrolier a fost lovit de Ucraina lângă Soci, plajele au fost închise, fumul a acoperit stațiunea
LRT Lithuania 7 Oct, 03:15 UTC
Karas Ukrainoje. Prie Sočio krantų Rusijoje po Ukrainos dronų atakos užsidegė tanklaivis
VG Norway 7 Oct, 00:40 UTC
Stort tankskip i brann utenfor Sotsji
NRK Norway 7 Oct, 00:39 UTC
Tankskip skal ha tatt fyr ved Sotsji
Dagbladet Norway 6 Oct, 22:27 UTC
Evakuerer - kobles til «skyggeflåten»
ERT Greece 6 Oct, 21:04 UTC
Ρωσία: Φωτιά σε τάνκερ που χτυπήθηκε από drones στα ανοικτά του Σότσι
ORF Austria 6 Oct, 20:47 UTC
Tanker vor Sotschi nach Angriff in Brand
NV Ukraine 6 Oct, 20:16 UTC
В Сочи и окрестностях закрыли пляжи из-за возгорания на танкере, который мог перевозить до 100 тысяч тонн нефти
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- Возле Сочи после атаки морского дрона горит танкер «теневого флота» РФ — видео 6 Oct, 19:56 UTC
Proto Thema Greece 6 Oct, 20:14 UTC
Μεγάλη πυρκαγιά σε τάνκερ ανοιχτά του Σότσι: Χτυπήθηκε από θαλάσσια drone, δείτε βίντεο
Observador Portugal 6 Oct, 19:52 UTC
Mar Negro. Petroleiro atacado por drone perto de Sochi
NU.nl Netherlands 6 Oct, 19:31 UTC
Video | Brandende olietanker veroorzaakt vuurzee voor Russische kust
Blick Switzerland 6 Oct, 19:24 UTC
Öltanker vor Sotschi in Flammen
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- Videos zeigen Öltanker in Vollbrand 6 Oct, 19:24 UTC
Unian Ukraine 6 Oct, 19:00 UTC
Біля берегів Сочі загорівся танкер "тіньового флоту" РФ з нафтою для Індії, - монітори
Blic Serbia 6 Oct, 18:49 UTC
(VIDEO) MISTERIOZNA KATASTROFA NA RUSKOJ OBALI CRNOG MORA?! Kulja stravična vatra, gust dim prekrio čitavo nebo: Mrežama se šire jezivi snimci
Delfi (LV) Latvia 6 Oct, 18:44 UTC
Melnajā jūrā pie Sočiem aizdedzies naftas tankkuģis
TVNET Latvia 6 Oct, 18:41 UTC
Pie Sočiem aizdedzies Krievijas "ēnu flotes" naftas tankkuģis
Ukrinform Ukraine 6 Oct, 18:21 UTC
Russian shadow fleet tanker under Ukrainian sanctions catches fire near Sochi
TGCOM24 Italy 6 Oct, 18:06 UTC
Russia, petroliera in fiamme al largo di Sochi: "Possibile attacco con un drone"
Telex Hungary 6 Oct, 17:53 UTC
Kigyulladt egy tanker Szocsi közelében, fekete füst borította be az orosz várost
Kyiv Independent Ukraine 6 Oct, 17:36 UTC
Shadow fleet tanker reportedly ablaze near Russian port city Sochi
Vedomosti Russia 6 Oct, 17:31 UTC
Танкер загорелся в акватории Черного моря
TASS Russia 6 Oct, 17:30 UTC
Tanker catches fire in Black Sea, beaches closed
Novaya Gazeta Europe Russia 6 Oct, 17:26 UTC
В море недалеко от Сочи загорелся танкер
Ukrainska Pravda Ukraine 6 Oct, 16:43 UTC
Ship ablaze near Sochi, huge plume of smoke rising over sea – photos

Middle East 4 outlets

Arab News Saudi Arabia 6 Oct, 23:14 UTC
Ukraine drone attack triggers huge tanker fire off Russia’s Sochi
Gulf News United Arab Emirates 6 Oct, 22:53 UTC
Ukraine drone attack triggers huge tanker fire off Russia's Sochi
Sözcü Turkey 6 Oct, 18:04 UTC
Rusya'nın Soçi kentinde petrol tankeri vuruldu
Anadolu Agency Turkey 6 Oct, 17:57 UTC
Fire erupts on Liberia-flagged oil tanker near Russia’s Sochi: Authorities
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- Fire erupts on tanker near Russia’s Sochi: Official 6 Oct, 17:57 UTC
- Fire erupts on tanker near Russia’s Sochi: Official 6 Oct, 17:57 UTC

Day	Rank	Score	Outlets	Countries	24h outlets	24h countries	Method
6 Oct 2026	35	15.18	26	15	26	15	4.6
7 Oct 2026	23	16.43	62	32	33	18	4.6