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ukraine goes back hitting russian oil after its trump-forced pause left kyiv without warnings incoming ballistic missiles · post ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy during interview piers morgan london 14 2026

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Ukraine is going back to hitting Russian oil after its Trump-pressured pause, during which Kyiv got no US warnings of incoming ballistic missiles

The pause was meant to seal a US-announced energy truce, but Russia kept hitting power plants while Ukraine lost early warnings and drone connectivity.

byYuri Zoria

A worker at the Kronstadt UAV production plant in Dubna.

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The US has until 18 October to choose its Russia sanctions targets—if any. Kyiv’s wish list leads with the firms feeding Russia’s Starlink clone

At the top: Russian firms making parts for Moscow's Starlink rival, still untouched by US sanctions.

byTaisiia Vivdych

The bulk carrier now named LAMAR S, with SPLIT painted on its stern, moored beside a concrete quay near a wooded coastline.

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Ukraine: 18 of 26 Russian oil and stolen-grain ships face no sanctions

HUR says the oil tankers run for firms like Lukoil and Rosneft, while the dry-cargo ships load stolen grain at occupied ports such as Sevastopol.

byDaniel Thomas

oil sites 1300 km east port terminal near front—russia's deep rear had one loud night · post smoke rises over rostov-on-don sea after ukrainian drone strike overnight 27 2026 rostov

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Oil sites 1,300 km east, a port terminal near the front—Russia’s deep rear had one loud night

The strikes ran from about 250 kilometers behind the front line to targets some 1,300 kilometers inside Russia, in the Udmurt Republic — one of the country's farthest interior regions.

byYuri Zoria

one russian ship every 112 minutes over six days ukraine hits 14 more vessels total tally nears 100 · post ukrainian drone closes tanker sea azov 6–12 2026 news reports

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One Russian ship every 112 minutes for a week: Ukraine hits 14 more vessels as total tally nears 100

The Unmanned Systems Forces put July's running total at 91 vessels, with the live scoreboard still updating as reports get verified.

byYuri Zoria

isw ukraine has opened new phase crimea's isolation hunting seaborne fuel tankers · post russian tanker burns off sea azov coast after ukrainian drone strike ablaze exilenova+ 1 appears have

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ISW: Ukraine has opened a new phase of Crimea’s isolation by hunting seaborne fuel tankers

The think tank says strikes on Russian gasoline shipping show Kyiv rapidly adapting after land routes to the peninsula were degraded.

byYuri Zoria

35 ships four days ukraine's campaign against russia's azov sea fuel run keeps widening · post ukrainian drone closes russian tug (target 35) 1–9 2026 video robert brovdi ukraine news

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35 ships in four days: Ukraine’s campaign against Russia’s Azov Sea fuel run keeps widening

12 more shadow fleet riverine tankers, a cargo ship, and a tug among the latest targets.

byYuri Zoria

three days 21 ships russia's azov sea fuel run occupied crimea turning shooting gallery · post ukrainian drone closes smoking russian tanker during overnight strikes 8 2026 video robert madyar

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Three days, 21 ships: Russia’s Azov Sea fuel run to occupied Crimea is turning into a shooting gallery

Ukraine's drone forces say 19 sanctioned tankers, a cargo ship, and a ferry in occupied Kerch have all been hit since the maritime operation began on 6 July. Videos confirm strikes.

byYuri Zoria

Russian tankers in the Azov Sea seen by a Ukrainian drone before a series of strikes on 7 July 2026. Screenshot from video: Robert Brovdi

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Ukraine’s drones are sinking Crimea’s fuel lifeline, hitting 12 Russian tankers in 2 days

Ukraine says its drone forces struck 12 Russian fuel tankers in two days as part of a campaign to disrupt fuel supplies to occupied Crimea, alongside other military infrastructure.

byBenjamin Murdoch

greece blocked gas ban france italy softened entry ban—now brussels tries 1600 companies helping russia's war · post 9 parade moscow 2025 youtube/kremlin grate patriotic warr shitshow ukraine news ukrainian

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Russia’s former soldiers may face a locked EU border—if France and Italy stop balking

The two governments worry the measure could open the door to keeping every Russian out, sources told Bloomberg.

byYuri Zoria

uk turn captured russian tanker's cargo cash ukraine's troops · post shadow-fleet tanker smyrtos currently flies flag cameroon marinetraffic/captainfantastic 5576527b8ccb4a22a26d7420cd0b312b9caebe5c8005792b9cdaa642f5f63828-big (1) ukraine news ukrainian reports

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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.

byYuri Zoria

eu leaders agree renew russia sanctions full year first time bulgaria's pro-russian leader vows veto next batch · post president ukraine volodymyr zelenskyy (left) meeting prime minister bulgaria rumen radev

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EU leaders agree to renew Russia sanctions for a full year for the first time as Bulgaria’s pro-Russian leader vows to veto the next batch

Rumen Radev wants the Russian oil company that runs his country's only refinery struck from the list, and he objects to sanctions on a Russian Orthodox bishop.

byYuri Zoria

uk forces board russian shadow-fleet oil tanker english channel first time · post smyrtos cameroon-flagged crude boarded british sitting anchor off south coast england near isle portland 14 2026 hkwn2azxiaanehe

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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.

byYuri Zoria

world's biggest ship recycler says half 1500 russian shadow fleet tankers scrapped · post being recycling yard nayeem noor/gms many well over 20 years old age which cargo ships normally

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More than half shadow fleet’s oil tankers are corroding toward disaster, top recycler warns

Anil Sharma, who runs the world's biggest ship-recycling firm, told the FT that "luck was running out" to avoid a major oil spill.

byYuri Zoria

france's navy boards sanctioned russian oil tanker atlantic · post uniformed personnel descend rope helicopter onto tagor during boarding 31 2026 затримання нафтового танкера французькими вмс 1 червня року джерело

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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.

byYuri Zoria

washington lets russian oil loophole expire ending months seaborne sanctions relief · post benin-flagged boracay crude tanker shadow fleet vesselfinder 1 ukraine news ukrainian reports

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Russia’s 1,392-vessel shadow fleet is now hybrid-warfare tool. It will continue as long as its export capacity remains unharmed

The 1,392-vessel shadow fleet carrying up to 80% of Russia's crude oil maritime exports is the financial backbone of Moscow's wartime economy.

byOlena Mukhina

kinetic sanctions two more russian shadow fleet tankers hit novorossiysk — second naval drone strike five days · post thermal-imaging footage ukrainian shows moment impact tanker near port krasnodar krai

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“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.

byYuri Zoria

primorsk takes torch tuapse nasa satellites confirm fresh fires russia's largest baltic oil export terminal · post firms satellite fire-detection data active fire signatures leningrad oblast morning 3 2026 ukraine

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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.

byYuri Zoria

ukraine launches push sync sanctions allies — russia's shadow grain fleet first list · post ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy news reports

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Ukraine launches push to sync sanctions with allies — Russia’s shadow grain fleet first on the list

President Zelenskyy announced that Kyiv is building a system against Russia's shadow grain fleet modeled on its work against the shadow oil fleet, with sharper sanctions coordination with partners coming in May.

byYuri Zoria

russian shadow fleet's tanker hit ukrainian sea drones waited at-sea oil rendezvous off russia's black coast · post marquise under one its previous names seaways cape horn 2022 vesselfinder old

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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.

byYuri Zoria

Russian shadow fleet

The US has until 18 October to choose its Russia sanctions targets—if any. Kyiv’s wish list leads with the firms feeding Russia’s Starlink clone

Ukraine: 18 of 26 Russian oil and stolen-grain ships face no sanctions

Oil sites 1,300 km east, a port terminal near the front—Russia’s deep rear had one loud night

One Russian ship every 112 minutes for a week: Ukraine hits 14 more vessels as total tally nears 100

ISW: Ukraine has opened a new phase of Crimea’s isolation by hunting seaborne fuel tankers

35 ships in four days: Ukraine’s campaign against Russia’s Azov Sea fuel run keeps widening

Three days, 21 ships: Russia’s Azov Sea fuel run to occupied Crimea is turning into a shooting gallery

Ukraine’s drones are sinking Crimea’s fuel lifeline, hitting 12 Russian tankers in 2 days

Russia’s former soldiers may face a locked EU border—if France and Italy stop balking

The UK may turn a captured Russian tanker’s cargo into cash for Ukraine’s troops

EU leaders agree to renew Russia sanctions for a full year for the first time as Bulgaria’s pro-Russian leader vows to veto the next batch

UK forces board the Russian shadow-fleet’s oil tanker in the English Channel for the first time

More than half shadow fleet’s oil tankers are corroding toward disaster, top recycler warns

France’s navy boards a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet’s oil tanker in the Atlantic

Russia’s 1,392-vessel shadow fleet is now hybrid-warfare tool. It will continue as long as its export capacity remains unharmed

“Kinetic sanctions” in action: Two more Russian shadow fleet tankers hit at Novorossiysk — the second naval drone strike in five days

Primorsk takes the torch from Tuapse: NASA satellites confirm fresh fires at Russia’s largest Baltic oil export terminal

Ukraine launches push to sync sanctions with allies — Russia’s shadow grain fleet first on the list

Sea drones hit Russian shadow fleet tanker as it waited for an at-sea oil rendezvous off Russia’s Black Sea coast

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