300 Russian shadow fleet ships disabled in 11 weeks—the Azov Sea is at a standstill, Ukrainian drone force commander says
The milestone marks a jump from the 201 reported in late July, though the pace has slowed as shipping traffic in the strike zone thinned out.
Operation MoLoChKa has disabled 300 Russian shadow fleet ships in 11 weeks, according to Ukrainian SBS commander Robert Madyar Brovdi. The campaign has frozen the Azov Sea and the Kerch Strait, rendering Russia's aging tanker armada, used to evade oil sanctions, at risk. Since the operation began on July 6, SBS drones have struck 134 vessels in the Azov Sea and 166 in the Black Sea.
Brovdi referred to the disabled fleet as "the 300th fleet," playing on the Ukrainian army's code for a wounded man. The Azov Sea and Kerch Strait remain under Ukrainian control, as does the northern and northeastern Black Sea, which sees a "maybe we'll slip through" gamble in terms of passage. The SBS figures cannot be independently verified.
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