US EditionRussia’s Shadow Fleet Begins to Collapse as Ukraine Expands Maritime Campaign Beyond Black Sea
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Hitting Russia’s shadow oil fleet | The Australian Naval Institute
By Tom Sharpe* There has been a significant shift in the maritime war between Ukraine and Russia. On 28 November, two Russian shadow-fleet tankers were disabled by Ukrainian Sea Baby drones in the southern Black Sea, the furthest south Kyiv has ever struck directly. The Gambia-flagged Kairos (274 m, 25 crew) was hit 28 nautical […]
In late November and early December, there were incidents in the Black Sea with merchant ships, two of which belonged to Russia's so-called shadow tanker fleet. First the Kairos tanker was hit, then the Virat tanker. Both went unloaded. Ukraine admitted its involvement in the destruction of the vessels. Then the Russian tanker Midvolga-2 was damaged. However, Ukraine has already declared that it has nothing to do with this little Russian grief. …
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