Sea of Azov Archives - Euromaidan Press

Russian ships burning after successful Ukrainian strikes on 12-13 July 2026.

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Money Matters

Ukraine shut a quarter of Russia’s grain exports—the world’s wheat money now flows to Russia’s competitors

Ukraine’s Azov campaign built a paradox: the world pays more for wheat because Russia cannot ship it—and the windfall flows to Russia’s competitors.

byPeeter Helme

occupation official told putin crimea highway drone-proof—russia's own milbloggers refuted within hours · post russian-appointed governor occupied part pf zaporizhzhia oblast yevgeny balitsky (left) meets russian president vladimir 20 2026

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Latest news

Occupation official told Putin the Crimea highway is drone-proof—Russia’s own milbloggers refuted him within hours

One pro-war channel admitted traffic collapsed because drivers fear Ukrainian drones, not because Russian air defenses got better.

byYuri Zoria

ukraine just hit its 159th russian ship 12 days—and campaign has end date · post shadow-fleet lng tanker burns after two drone strikes black sea logged target 148 filmed third

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Latest news

Ukraine just hit its 159th Russian ship in 12 days—and the campaign has no end date

The drone chief promised the "shipfall" would run indefinitely.

byYuri Zoria

azov sea wasn't enough—ukraine's drones followed russia's oil fleet black · post russian gas carrier thermal sight ukrainian drone during strikes marked 118th vessel hit 6–15 2026 operation sbs video

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Latest news

The Azov Sea wasn’t enough—Ukraine’s drones followed Russia’s oil fleet into the Black Sea

Six drone units opened the new phase together, from Magyar's Birds to the Raid regiment that has been burning ships for days.

byYuri Zoria

116 russian ships nine days one big export tanker needs 12–15 small ones fill ukraine burning · post ukrainian drone 413th raid regiment closes tug sea azov — marked 116th

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Latest news

116 Russian ships in nine days: One big export tanker needs 12–15 small ones to fill it. Ukraine is burning the small ones

Three drone units carried out the latest overnight strikes under operation MoLoChKa, whose name reads like Ukrainian slang for dairy products.

byYuri Zoria

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Latest news

Ukraine hits 15 Russian vessels as drone blockade of Crimea spreads across Azov Sea

Thermal anomalies flared from occupied Mariupol to Kerch as Ukrainian drones struck ships, power links and the air defenses guarding Russia’s routes into the peninsula.

byDaniel Thomas

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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Russian Aggression

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

Destroyed Russian vehicles near Siverskyi Donets. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

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Latest news

Helicopter, railway bridge, two command posts: Ukraine lists six strikes in one day

Ukraine's General Staff says it hit a Russian helicopter over the Sea of Azov. The strike was one…

byOlena Mukhina

russian munitions cargo ship hit same berdiansk berth two nights running · post loaded ammunition port occupied moments before ukrainian drone strike момент ураження суховантажу з боєприпасами в порту бердянська

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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.

byYuri Zoria

two more russian air defense systems gone along naval plane helicopter · post be-200 amphibious aircraft moments before ukrainian drone strike yeysk airbase krasnodar krai 15 2026 ukraine news reports

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Latest news

Two more Russian air defense systems gone, along with a naval plane and helicopter

Drone forces destroyed a Tor-M2 in Luhansk Oblast and a Pantsir-S1 in Crimea, struck a ship in Berdyansk, destroyed the Be-200 amphibious aircraft and Ka-27 chopper in Russia's Yeysk.

byYuri Zoria

frontline report ukraine’s drones sinking russia’s shadow fleet four seas · post reporting ukraine's video ukraine kinetic sanctions caspian mediterranean ukrainian strikes exposing how deeply russian sanction evasion spans globe

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Frontline report

Frontline report: Ukraine’s drones are sinking Russia’s shadow fleet in four seas

From the Caspian to the Mediterranean, Ukrainian strikes are exposing how deeply Russian sanction evasion spans the globe.

byReporting from Ukraine

A Ukrainian soldier, illustrative image. Photo: Ukraine's Ministry of Defense.

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Latest news

Russia: We will counter any UK-Ukraine cooperation in Sea of Azov

Britain's new 100-year partnership with Ukraine has drawn sharp rebuke from Moscow, with Russia asserting exclusive control over the Sea of Azov despite its internationally recognized status as shared waters.

byBenjamin Looijen

Latest news

Russia starts launching cruise missiles from the Azov Sea, looking for a new tactic

Last night, on 25 August 2023, Russia launched cruise missiles from the Sea of Azov to the Ukrainian…

byBohdan Ben

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Latest news

Tankers stopped entering Russian Novorossiysk to export oil after an alleged drone attack on the terminal

Ukraine's head of the Black Sea Monitoring group Andrii Klymenko notes that not a single tanker entered the Russian oil…

byEuromaidan Press Staff

Ships of the Russian Navy's Caspian flotilla on parade in Astrakhan in 2012 (Source: Wikipedia)

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Analysis

China may help Russia’s navy in Azov, Black and Caspian seas by deepening and widening Volga-Don Canal

Last week, officials of China’s CCCC Dredging Group met in Astrakhan with representatives of the Russian enterprise responsible…

byPaul A. Goble

10 minute read

Daily review

Daily review: US sends more Javelins; US, UK, others urge their citizens to leave Ukraine, resultless Normandy talks

Past 24 hours in the war zone Russian hybrid forces launched eight attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donetsk,…

byYuri Zoria

3 minute read

Russian Aggression

Russia cancels scheduled Azov Sea blockade, Black Sea still to be blocked

Earlier, on 9 February, Russia issued warnings about its closure of the Black and Azov Seas "for missile…

byYuri Zoria

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Russian Aggression

How Ukraine can prevent an imminent Russian blockade of the Black & Azov Seas

Ukraine condemned Russia's planned blockade of parts of the Black and Azov seas under the pretext of military…

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

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Crimea

Russia’s claims to Ukrainian warship “Donbas” in Kerch Strait pure psy-op, maritime expert says

On the evening of 9 December, the Russian FSB announced that the ship of the Ukrainian Navy "Donbas"…

byAlya Shandra

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Russia closing off more of Black Sea even as it pulls its land forces back from Ukrainian border

Russia may be extending its control over the Black Sea at the very moment Moscow is being praised…

byPaul A. Goble

Sea of Azov

Ukraine shut a quarter of Russia’s grain exports—the world’s wheat money now flows to Russia’s competitors

Occupation official told Putin the Crimea highway is drone-proof—Russia’s own milbloggers refuted him within hours

Ukraine just hit its 159th Russian ship in 12 days—and the campaign has no end date

The Azov Sea wasn’t enough—Ukraine’s drones followed Russia’s oil fleet into the Black Sea

116 Russian ships in nine days: One big export tanker needs 12–15 small ones to fill it. Ukraine is burning the small ones

Ukraine hits 15 Russian vessels as drone blockade of Crimea spreads across Azov Sea

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

Helicopter, railway bridge, two command posts: Ukraine lists six strikes in one day

A Russian munitions cargo ship hit at the same Berdiansk berth two nights running

Two more Russian air defense systems gone, along with a naval plane and helicopter

Frontline report: Ukraine’s drones are sinking Russia’s shadow fleet in four seas

Russia: We will counter any UK-Ukraine cooperation in Sea of Azov

Russia starts launching cruise missiles from the Azov Sea, looking for a new tactic

Tankers stopped entering Russian Novorossiysk to export oil after an alleged drone attack on the terminal

China may help Russia’s navy in Azov, Black and Caspian seas by deepening and widening Volga-Don Canal

Daily review: US sends more Javelins; US, UK, others urge their citizens to leave Ukraine, resultless Normandy talks

Russia cancels scheduled Azov Sea blockade, Black Sea still to be blocked

How Ukraine can prevent an imminent Russian blockade of the Black & Azov Seas

Russia’s claims to Ukrainian warship “Donbas” in Kerch Strait pure psy-op, maritime expert says

Russia closing off more of Black Sea even as it pulls its land forces back from Ukrainian border

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