Andriy Leshchenko12:57, 10.07.26
The vessels were used, in particular, to supply fuels and lubricants to Russian military groups.
On the night of July 9, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck a number of important military and military-economic targets of the enemy. As reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in particular, 12 tankers, one tugboat and one dry cargo ship of the Russian Federation were hit in the waters of the Sea of Azov. The extent of the damage and the results of the strike are being clarified.
It is noted that the affected vessels were used, in particular, to supply fuel and lubricants to the Russian Federation’s military groups, as well as to transport oil and petroleum products in circumvention of international sanctions. They ensure the export of energy resources, which is one of the key sources of financing the war against Ukraine.
The General Staff also informed that the Yug Rusy oil terminal in Bataysk (Rostov Oblast, Russian Federation) was damaged. A fire was recorded in the area of the enterprise.
“The specified facility provides transshipment of petroleum products for export and is used to provide fuel and lubricants to the Russian military groups in the southern direction, as well as to receive foreign exchange earnings that are used to finance the armed aggression against Ukraine. An enemy ammunition depot in the Sorokyne area of Luhansk region was also hit,” the report says.
(C)UNIAN 2026
14 ships struck in the Sea of Azov on the night of July 9 by SBU birds.
14 ships were hit in the Sea of Azov on the night of July 9, SBS Birds.
The shadow fleet of the worms is thinning: 35 tankers, dry cargo ships and special vessels were hit within 96 hours.
🔥Among the variety of targets in Crimea: Saksk CHPP, three fuel and oil depots/bases and two MTZ, the “Zhitel” jamming station, communication towers, TPD worms, roll-on/roll-off tankers and 14 ships of the “shadow fleet” of the Russian Federation – 12 tankers, one dry cargo ship and one tugboat. All – in the Sea of Azov.
Chronology of the shadow fleet’s weight loss:
06.07.26- 2 tankers
• Captain Barmin
• Sanar-3 (Primemax type)
07.07.26- 10 vessels (8 tankers, 1 dry cargo ship and 1 ferry):
• Venus-3
• Sanar-1
• Sanar-17
• Klimena
• Teti
• Alexey Savrasov
• Penelope
• Ivan Cheremisinov
• dry cargo ship – to be specified
• ferry SKS One (Kerch)
08.07.26- 9 vessels:
• tanker “Efrosinya V”
• tanker “Maria”
• tanker “Sanar-17” (repeated defeat)
• tanker “Sanar-4”
• tanker “Klimena” (repeated)
• dry cargo ship “Donstar”
• dry cargo ship “Vladimir Yarygin”
•dry cargo ship “Feofan Shokhirev”
•dry cargo ship “Evgeniya Z”
09.07.26 – 14 vessels (12 tankers, 1 dry cargo ship and 1 tug):
•tanker “Chelsea-6” (Russian flag)
•tanker “Aura” (Russian flag)
•tanker “Sonar-1” (Russian flag)
•tanker “Ilya Repin” (Russian flag)
•”Mercury” (Russian flag, type of vessel to be specified)
•tanker “Galiaskar Kamal” (Panama flag, under sanctions)
•tugboat “Alfeo” (Russian flag, with barge “Aphrodite”)
•tanker “Venera-3” (Russian flag)
•tanker “Penelope” (Russian flag)
•metrics of 5 more vessels to be specified.
*all tankers identified, part of the “shadow fleet” and under international sanctions.
**all targets coordinated by the newly created Center for Deep Strike of the Unmanned Systems Forces.