New Delhi23 Indian crew escaped a burning tanker off Sochi.
India’s foreign ministry demanded an end to attacks on commercial shipping and seafarers, without naming Ukraine.
Russia’s transport ministry said naval drones hit the Liberian-flagged Aframax Rio on Tuesday, and Indian sources said it carried crude for India.
Indian sources noted the strike came despite New Delhi’s truce proposal, which Ukraine had called the most comprehensive.
Ukraine has not claimed the strike.
How each outlet framed it
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- Economic Times leans critical
- foregrounds 23 Indian crew members endangered, frames strike as betrayal of India's comprehensive peace proposal
Sources: Economic Times