Ukrainian forces suspected in strike that killed Russian intelligence general aboard shadow fleet tanker in Libya

A Russian intelligence general, Andrei Averyanov, may have been killed during a December attack on the Russian “shadow fleet” oil tanker Qendil, according to reports from French broadcaster RFI citing Libyan sources. The strike on the Qendil tanker, which took place in December 2025 in the Mediterranean Sea, reportedly resulted in the death of General Averyanov—a high-ranking member of Russian …