Ukraine Says Drones Hit 8 Russian Shadow Fleet Tankers in Sea of Azov
Ukraine says the overnight strikes damaged 9 sanctioned tankers and intensified its campaign to disrupt fuel supplies to occupied Crimea.
- On Tuesday, Ukrainian drone forces struck eight Russian 'shadow fleet' tankers in the Sea of Azov, with commander Robert Brovdi claiming the fuel vessels were 'badly damaged and on fire.'
- Russia relies on a 'shadow fleet' of aging tankers to bypass Western sanctions, a network Ukraine targeted to intensify 'pressure on sanctions-busting shippers and insurers' as the war enters its fifth year.
- Brovdi identified the hit vessels as 7,000 metric ton tankers including Venera-3, Sanar-1, and Penelope, declaring, 'Sanctions from the skies by the Freedom-Loving Ukrainian Birds of the Unmanned Systems Forces are in effect.'
- Striking naval logistics complicates fuel and ammunition supplies for Russian troops in Crimea, compounding fuel rationing and a state of emergency in the territory.
- Kyiv Independent and Reuters could not independently verify the reports, Moscow has not commented, and Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba has petitioned the International Maritime Organization to address vessels skirting sanctions.
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