Ukrainian drones strike 12 more vessels in Russia's shadow fleet
Photo: Ukrainian drones strike 12 more vessels in Russia's shadow fleet (Getty Images)
Ukrainian drones struck 12 more vessels in Russia's shadow fleet in the Black and Azov seas over the past week, according to Robert Brovdi (call sign Madyar), commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces.
The vessels were struck in the Black and Azov seas from August 1 to 8 as part of Operation MoLoChKa.
Since the operation began on July 6, Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces drones have successfully struck 218 vessels as of August 8, including 134 vessels in the Azov Sea and 84 in the Black Sea.
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Operation MoLoChKa
It should be recalled that earlier we reported that Ukrainian drones attacked 13 Russian shadow fleet vessels in the Black and Azov seas within 48 hours.
Before that, the Unmanned Systems Forces struck four Russian shadow fleet vessels in the Black Sea.
On the night of July 18, drones also attacked Russia's shadow fleet in the Black and Azov seas. Another 13 vessels were struck.
On July 17, Ukrainian naval drones destroyed another 12 vessels from Russia's shadow fleet in the Black Sea.
On the night of July 16, operators of the Unmanned Systems Forces attacked another 11 vessels.
