💥 Attack
Ukrainian Magura sea drones attacked two Russian shadow tankers near Novorossiysk, damaging their sterns and engine rooms.
Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post
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Magura (weapon_system) Ukrainian Naval Forces (military_unit) Unmanned Surface Vessels (USV) (weapon_system) Russian Shadow Fleet (organization) Novorossiysk Port (location) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Andrii Hnatov (person) Security Service of Ukraine (organization) Ukrainian Navy (military_unit) Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Shadow Fleet tankers (weapon_system) Ukraine (organization) Russia (organization)
Source Reports
Magura kamikaze boats hit two shadow tankers outside Novorossiysk, with one reaching Turkey under its own power.
Ukrainian forces attacked Russian oil tankers near Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai using USVs.
Ukraine hit two Russian shadow fleet vessels near Novorossiysk port.
Ukraine strikes two Russian Shadow Fleet tankers near Novorossiysk.
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Extracted: 2026-07-18T16:57:30.917Z
Source story: day-1536b-2026-05-11