Ukraine's Defence Forces struck the Russian shadow fleet tanker FINA A in the Black Sea on 16 June and overnight into 17 June, hitting the sanctioned vessel along with bridges and command posts that sustain Russian military logistics near occupied Crimea.
The 244.6-meter tanker, with a gross tonnage of 62,002, is under sanctions from the European Union, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Ukraine, and had been used to move crude oil and petroleum products for Russia in circumvention of those restrictions. The General Staff said the hit was confirmed and that the extent of the damage was still being assessed.
The strike is the latest in a campaign Kyiv calls kinetic sanctions — naval drone attacks on the tankers Russia uses to keep oil revenue flowing despite Western sanctions. Ukrainian forces hit two such vessels at the entrance to Novorossiysk in early May, part of a pattern that has tripled Black Sea war-risk insurance premiums since late 2025.
Bridges and command posts near Crimea
Beyond the tanker, the Defence Forces struck two road bridges in Kherson Oblast — one across the North Crimean Canal near Stavky and another near Voinka — that Russia uses to move troops and equipment between occupied territories in southern Ukraine. A Russian command-and-observation post and a command post were hit near Velyka Novosilka in Donetsk Oblast.
Ukrainian units also reported strikes on Russian drone control points across Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Kherson, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts, as well as two sites inside Russia's Kursk Oblast.
