The 13 crew members were uninjured, and the vessel is not requesting assistance and continues onward toward Sinop.
As a reminder, two more tankers en route to Novorossiysk were previously attacked off the coast of Turkey.
Media reported that Ukraine was behind these attacks.
Update: The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry denies involvement in the attack on the tanker with Russian sunflower oil off the coast of Turkey.
“Ukraine has nothing to do with this incident, and we officially refute any such claims by Russian propaganda. Moreover, the proposed route from Russia to Georgia through Turkey’s exclusive economic zone makes no sense and suggests that Russia may have staged the whole thing,” wrote Foreign Ministry spokesman Tikhiy.
Meanwhile, Putin called the attacks on tankers in the Black Sea “piracy” and stated that in response to these attacks, he would expand the “range of strikes against Ukrainian ports and ships calling at them.”
He also said that Russia could “cut Ukraine off from the sea.”