 Houthis launched missile strike on oil tanker heading from Russia in Red Sea. The Houthis attacked Panamanian flagged tanker in the Red Sea, which was carrying crude oil to India, according to Reuters. It is reported that a missile launched from Yemen hit the tanker Pollux on the port side. The vessel was attacked northwest of the port of Makar off the coast of Yemen. The tanker Pollux departed from the Russian Black Sea port city of Novorossisk on January 24th and was scheduled to be unloaded in Paradip India on February 28th. The vessel is owned by Ocean Front Maritime Company. The Indian oil company has a 300,000 barrels per day oil refinery in Paradip in the eastern state of Odisha. After the strike, Houthi rebels in Yemen stated that they would continue to attack ships in the Red Sea in solidarity with Hamas militants. Earlier, it was reported that Yemeni Houthi rebels fired rockets at the Marlin-Lwanda tanker belonging to the Trafigura Group. The strike occurred approximately 55 miles southeast of the city of Aden, a fire broke out on board the vessel. Later, it became known that the tanker was carrying Russian petroleum products for the production of gasoline and plastics. The cargo was loaded onto the ship in Greece, indicating a violation of EU and US sanctions on the export of Russian petroleum products by the carrier. This was the second time the Houthis targeted a tanker carrying Russian oil with the first attack occurring on January 12th. It is reported that the rocket launch was carried out southeast of the Yemeni port city of Aden. The vessel was selected as a target, presumably based on outdated publicly available information. Previously, the tanker was owned by a British company.