The UK may turn a captured Russian tanker’s cargo into cash for Ukraine’s troops
The crude came off a shadow-fleet tanker that Royal Marines boarded in the English Channel.
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UK forces board the Russian shadow-fleet’s oil tanker in the English Channel for the first time
Royal Marines and crime-agency officers spent six hours seizing the Smyrtos, which now sits anchored off England's southern coast, the UK government said.
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.
France’s navy boards a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet’s oil tanker in the Atlantic
The Tagor was hauling crude from a Russian Arctic port toward West Africa when commandos stopped it on the high seas, with British help.
Russia’s “falling debris” routine continues as Ukrainian drone hits Tuapse oil terminal for 5th time this spring
The Krasnodar Krai operational HQ described the damage as caused by "falling drone debris."
Washington lets the Russian oil loophole expire, ending months of seaborne sanctions relief
Senators from both parties had pressed the administration to drop the carve-out that critics said funneled billions into Moscow's war chest.
Russia hit a record oil revenue month—yet the federal budget still came up short
Sberbank’s CFO forecasts the ruble will fall to 90 per dollar. Three ports already show 13–43% drops.
Primorsk takes the torch from Tuapse: NASA satellites confirm fresh fires at Russia’s largest Baltic oil export terminal
Monitoring channels reported Liutyi-looking drones over Leningrad Oblast overnight on 2-3 May, with Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg shut down and local authorities claiming 59 drones downed.
Sea drones hit Russian shadow fleet tanker as it waited for an at-sea oil rendezvous off Russia’s Black Sea coast
Two kamikaze sea drones hit the empty Cameroon-flagged ship in its engine room and propeller area as it drifted with its AIS turned off on the morning of 29 April, Ukraine's GenStaff reported.
Russia’s Central Bank scolded live on TV—Iran war oil keeps funding the war anyway
Intelligence agencies say Moscow hides the damage; oil pays for the war.
US restores Russia oil sanctions—except for the Russian refinery keeping US military jets in the air
Russia’s oil sanctions are back. Whether they bite is another matter.
Vladislav Inozemtsev: A collapse is not imminent
Economist Vladislav Inozemtsev on oil windfalls, Ukrainian strikes, and why the war will be won on the ground
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.
Fico joins Orbán in demanding the EU lift Russian energy sanctions — a week before Hungary’s election that could end Orbán’s 16-year rule
After a call with Orbán on 4 April, Slovakia's PM claimed Brussels must immediately reopen dialogue with Russia and restore Druzhba pipeline flows — revenues that directly fund Moscow's war against Ukraine.
Sweden finds a 12 km oil slick east of Gotland — boards sanctioned “shadow fleet” tanker
The Flora 1, which has unclear flag status and was sailing from a Gulf of Finland port toward an unknown destination, now sits at anchor near Ystad as prosecutors lead an environmental crime investigation.
Ust-Luga burning again: Ukraine is now hitting this Russian oil port every other day — the shadow fleet tankers that load here keep waiting offshore
Some drones entered Eatonia but were not intercepted, with a spokesperson noting that Russia's use of electronic warfare to deflect Ukrainian drones was likely behind the crossings.
Ukraine hits Ust-Luga and Primorsk for the third time in five days — the pace suggests Kyiv is trying to destroy Russia’s Baltic oil export ports beyond repair
NASA satellite data confirmed new fires at both ports; together they handle 2 million barrels of Russian crude exports daily. A drone also struck Severstal's blast furnace in Cherepovets in the same night.
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 hits Primorsk – the Baltic port keeping Russia’s shadow fleet in business
A hit on a fuel storage tank at Primorsk forced evacuations and shut down air traffic at Pulkovo Airport.
Russia couldn’t fix its oil revenues. The US Air Force did it.
First-half March data show Russia’s fossil fuel revenues up 14%, as the Hormuz closure reversed India’s retreat from Russian crude.