Ukraine’s spy service and navy team up to strike two Russian crude tankers in the Black Sea
The "Mamai" naval drones destroyed vessels the SBU calls legitimate targets and working parts of Russia's war machine.
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A month’s worth of Russia’s oil exports is stuck at sea—135 million barrels loaded but not delivered
Bloomberg's vessel-tracking and price data put the four-week value of Russia's seaborne crude exports back near $1.7 billion, down from a weekly spike near $2.5 billion on the chart earlier this year.
Russia wants to run grain through its Syrian naval base—one berth for cargo, one for warships
Syrian officials say the commercial berth would take Russian grain, feed, oils, timber, steel, coal, rice and sugar—while Syria's port authority insists no such project exists.
Russian crude reaches the sea through tunnels under a mountain ridge—and Ukraine hit the storage end near Novorossiysk
Pipelines link the Grushovaya depot to Novorossiysk's loading berths about 12 km away. Locals counted about 50 blasts before a huge fire lit the mountains above Russia's main Black Sea oil port.
A Russian munitions cargo ship hit at the same Berdiansk berth two nights running
A second Ukrainian unit struck a vessel at the dock in the same occupied port a night after the first, both targeting Russia's sea-supply route.
Ukraine strikes Russia’s Sheskharis terminal with 75 million tons of annual oil throughput and 2.5 million cubic meters of tank capacity
Ukrainian Defense Forces have struck Russia's Sheskharis oil terminal, the largest oil-loading facility in southern Russia. It has…
“Kinetic sanctions” in action: Two more Russian shadow fleet tankers hit at Novorossiysk — the second naval drone strike in five days
Zelenskyy posted thermal footage of a Ukrainian naval drone catching up with one of the ships from the stern before impact.
Russia is trying to block Ukraine’s defense deals with Gulf, and just added 8,000 troops to Africa
Despite these facts, Zelenskyy confirmed Ukraine will continue operations targeting Russia's export capacity.
Russia’s Black Sea Fleet once fired missiles from the Mediterranean. Now it can barely leave Novorossiysk.
A Ukrainian analyst says years of drone and missile strikes have reduced the fleet to a land-support tool with nowhere to go.
“Just stop oil”: Ukraine’s drones return to Tuapse — the Rosneft site where the refinery and the Black Sea export pier are one asset
Fires confirmed by satellite at the pier, tank farm, and power plant represent another round in Ukraine's sustained effort to reduce Russia's oil export revenues.
Tver hears blasts, Krasnodar burns: Ukraine’s drones reach deep into Russian rear
Drone debris sparked a fire at an oil depot in Krymsk, Krasnodar Krai overnight — 80 firefighters deployed, contained by morning.
Russia’s Black Sea oil hub resumes loading amid sustained Ukrainian drone campaign
One berth active at Russia's biggest Black Sea crude hub, with full recovery timeline unclear.
Ukraine hits oil-pumping station on route to Russia’s biggest Black Sea export port, triggering fire
The Krymskaya station pumps crude toward Novorossiysk.
Russia’s Black Sea Fleet is down to 7 major warships. Ukraine is hunting them one by one.
Striking more often with more powerful drones, Ukraine is determined to finish off the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
Kyiv confirms it hit Sheskharis and a Be-12 last night — a Black Sea oil hub and a Crimea-based anti-submarine aircraft
Ukraine's General Staff confirmation follows OSINT verification of three hits at the Novorossiysk terminal, which accounts for 3.5–4.5 mn tonnes of Russian crude exports per month.
Ukraine strikes Russian Frigate Admiral Grigorovich, launching its air defense missiles at drones in Russia’s primary Black Sea port (VIDEO)
Admiral Grigorovich carries the missiles that strike Ukrainian cities. Last night, it learned what it feels like to be on the receiving end.
Russia’s Black Sea Fleet fires at Ukraine once or twice a month and otherwise does nothing — now Moscow is trying to copy the drones that trapped it
A Ukrainian navy spokesman called Russia’s fleet a “black hole” that barely functions, adding Russia is now developing naval drones in response to Ukraine’s dominance.
Reuters: 40% of Russia’s oil exports offline, mostly due to Ukrainian drone strikes — worst disruption in Russian history
Russia earns roughly a quarter of its state budget from oil and gas. This week's attacks halted oil loadings at both Russian Baltic Sea terminals.
Ukraine’s half-month air defense blitz: 27 Russian anti-air assets destroyed, including S-400s, Pantsirs, radars, and EW stations
Ukraine's MoD detailed 20-plus confirmed strikes on Russian air defense infrastructure between 1 and 15 March — from front-line oblasts to occupied Crimea and a radar node at Novorossiysk in Krasnodar Krai.
Ukrainian drones now hammer Russia’s last Black Sea Fleet refuge from the sky—and this time, there’s no escape
Hundreds of Ukrainian drones keep Russia's Black Sea Fleet bottled up in its last safe port, Novorossiysk in southern Russia.