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Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces Strike 13 More Russian Shadow Fleet Vessels

Ukraine says the campaign is disrupting Russian maritime logistics used to move oil and cargo while bypassing sanctions.

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Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces struck an additional 13 vessels linked to Russia’s shadow fleet on July 18, bringing the total number of ships targeted during Operation “Molochka” to 172.
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Ukraine is intensifying its campaign against Russian military logistics in the Black Sea and the Azov Sea, and the series of strikes on Russian vessels is creating problems for the supply of the occupied Crimea and its defence.

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Three examples of how Ukrainians are doing whatever they want in the Black and Azov Seas. Operation Molochka already has 183 strikes, boasts Robert Brovdi. The situation is beginning to resemble the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz. The blocked Sea of Azov is turning into a sea of dead Russian ships. What will happen next? Even greater escalation, predicts an analyst from Odessa. Will the Ukrainians also attack the Crimean Bridge? Map of the day: …

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From July 6 to 15, Ukrainian drones carried out 136 attacks on ships of Russia's so-called shadow fleet in the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea, according to data from the Unmanned Systems Force. This is Ukraine's most intense naval campaign against an enemy since February 2022. On average, one ship was hit every 112 minutes. What damage did this operation inflict on Russia, and what happens next?

On the night of July 18, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in addition to WB warehouses, attacked an oil depot in Noginsk near Moscow, a patrol ship in the annexed Crimea, 13 ships in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, and a railway bridge in the occupied Luhansk region. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Commander of the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces Robert Brovdi. 🔵 Oil depot in Noginsk. According to …

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Gazeta.ua broke the news in Kyiv, Ukraine on Saturday, July 18, 2026.
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