Ukraine Naval Drone Swarm Hits 48 Russian Vessels in Five Days Battering Crimea Fuel Lifeline

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces commander Robert "Madyar" Brovdi reported that drone operators struck 48 Russian vessels over the past 120 hours in waters approaching occupied Crimea 1shadow fleet vessels near Crimea, targeting tankers and infrastructure" data-source="Mezha.net" data-url="https://mezha.net/eng/bukvy/d06ba013_ukrainian_drones_hit_48/" data-rt="secondary" data-otype="digital_news">2. Brovdi said the overnight tally on July 10 alone included 13 vessels, among them 10 tankers, one bulk carrier, one ferry, and one tugboat, with all struck tankers identified as part of Russia's sanctioned shadow fleet 12. The same overnight operation disabled five electrical substations in Crimea under an effort Ukrainian forces termed "Crimean Switch Off," including facilities at Molochne, Saky, Yevpatoria, Novoozerne, and Medvedeve, and struck 41 military targets across the operational depth of Crimea and southern occupied territories 12. Kyiv Post, United24 Media, and Mezha.net each attributed the figures to Brovdi's Telegram channel, while Ukraine's General Staff gave a different count for the same night, 18 vessels comprising 13 tankers, three dry cargo ships, one ferry, and one auxiliary vessel, and reported additional strikes on the Ilsky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai, the Kurgannefteprodukt oil terminal in Taganrog, and the Azovnefteprodukt fuel depot in Azov, Rostov Oblast, per Euromaidan Press 3.