Ukraine expands drone campaign to Black Sea, hits 20 Russian vessels, including oil tankers, Madyar says
Ukraine said the strikes hit oil and gas tankers and a tugboat, disrupting a key route for Russian crude exports.
- Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces struck 20 Russian vessels in the Black Sea overnight on Wednesday, July 15, marking a major expansion of their maritime drone campaign beyond the Sea of Azov.
- Timed to mark Ukraine's Statehood Day, USF Commander Robert "Madyar" Brovdi announced the mission as part of Operation MoLoChKa, targeting a critical supply chain linking Russian inland ports with larger tankers.
- According to Brovdi, the operation targeted 17 oil tankers, two gas tankers, and one tugboat; this effort complements a broader strategy that has hit 116 ships in nine days.
- Ukraine describes these strikes as "long-range sanctions," while Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed the Ukrainian regime's actions seek only to "inflict damage and spread fear."
- Disrupting these maritime logistics complicates Russia's ability to export oil and supply forces in occupied Crimea, as Ukraine aims to undermine the shadow fleet's financing of Moscow's war effort.
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Ukraine Says It Hit Russian Oil and Gas Tankers in the Black Sea
According to its own statements, Ukraine attacked Russian tankers in the Black Sea for the first time. The target is mainly ships of the Russian shadow fleet.
According to the Ukrainian army, its drone units neutralized 17 tankers, two LNG tankers and a Russian tug during the night of Tuesday to Wednesday. On Tuesday, it claimed to have reached 116 Russian ships in nine days, including many tankers, in the Azov Sea.
Ukraine has struck a very hard blow, among the many more frequent, to the marine logistics of the Russian Federation. On the night of this Wednesday 15 July, the...
Last night alone, Ukraine claims to have attacked about 20 Russian oil and gas vessels in the Black Sea. The new strategy involves expanding an intense offensive from the Sea of Azov. “The first round of the naval battle is over. Now we are taking the Black Sea,” explains Ukraine’s drone commander Robert “Majdar” Brovdi, according to Bloomberg.
The Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine (FSF) have launched a systematic campaign of attacks on Russian transport ships in the Black Sea, after, in the last nine days, they have hit 116 oil tankers and other boats in the waters of the Azov Sea.
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