+11 ⚓️🔥 “shadow fleet” vessels hunted down on July 16 by SBS “Birds” (10th Black Sea, 1st Azov-Black Sea). (video)

07/16/2026

+11 ⚓️🔥 On July 16, the “Birds” of the SBS (10th Black Sea and 1st Azov-Black Sea units) hunted down 11 vessels of the “shadow fleet”: 5 tankers, 1 gas tanker, 3 dry cargo ships, and 2 tugboats.

During the SBS “MoLoChKa” operation (July 6–16), 147 vessels belonging to Russia’s shadow fleet were struck. Breakdown by sea: ⚓️117 vessels — Sea of Azov ⚓️30 vessels — Black Sea.

The goal: to paralyze the logistics of oil, fuel, and cargo shipments that bypass sanctions. To turn every self-propelled vessel into a drifting barge—blind and deaf; the aim is not to foul the waters with oil spills, so there must be no hull breaches.

Today, July 16, the product range includes:
🔥 5 oil tankers, Black and Azov Sea waters; 9th Battalion “Kairos” (414th UAV Strike Battalion “Madyar’s Birds”), 1st UAV Strike Center, 20th UAV Strike Brigade “K-2”
🔥 1 gas tanker, Black Sea waters; 1st UAV Strike Center
🔥 3 dry cargo ships, Black Sea waters; 9th Battalion “Kairos” (414th UAV Strike Battalion “Madyar’s Birds”)
🔥 2 tugboats, Black Sea waters; 1st UAV Strike Center

We will stand firm. Moscow will fall—MoLoChKa⚓️ is in action. We will restore Crimea to prosperity and rebuild it.