Identified munition
Weaponized Drone
UAV
UAV event in Sea of Azov area, Russian Federation on Mon 6th July 2026
6th July 2026
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On the night of July 7, Ukrainian drone operators hit eight tankers of the so-called Russian shadow fleet in the Sea of Azov, which, according to the commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' SBS, were transporting fuel for occupied Crimea. A dry cargo ship and a ferry were also hit.
The commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert Brovdy "Magyar", wrote about this on Facebook on July 7 and published a video.
"The shadow fleet is leaving the chat. 8 tankers of the shadow fleet of the Russian Federation were caught and set on fire in 1 night by the pilots of "Kairos" 414 of the separate brigade "Birds of the Magyar". The battle for gasoline for Crimea in the Sea of Azov continues. The air-sea battle on the night of July 7 reached the level of industrial fishing - a school of 8 tankers with fuel, 1 dry cargo ship and 1 ferry," he wrote.
He added that all the tankers have been identified and are under international sanctions. These are the vessels:
- Venus-3
- Sanar-1
- Sanar-17
- Clymena
- Teti
- Alexey Savrasov
- Penelope
- the eighth ship is being investigated
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