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Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg
| Dec 8, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Maritime, Targeting
The Ukrainian Attacks Against Gambian-Flagged Oil Tankers in the Black Sea On October 28, 2025, Ukrainian so-called “Sea Baby drones” attacked two Gambian-flagged oil tankers, the Kairos and Virat. Whereas the vessels were severely damaged, no casualties were...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Dec 24, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Killing General Kirillov: Questions and Answers On December 17, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Defense Forces, and his assistant were killed in a bomb explosion outside his Moscow apartment building. The bomb...
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William H. Boothby
| Oct 25, 2024 | AoW Posts, Blog, Conflict Classification, Law of Armed Conflict, State Responsibility, Targeting
Attacking a Pipeline: Legal Issues for Consideration Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 are pipelines constructed by a Russian State-controlled company called Gazprom to transport 110 billion cubic metres of natural gas per year from the Russian Federation under the...
