On the night of 17-18 July, Ukrainian drones hit 13 Russian vessels: eight dry cargo ships, a tanker, a gas carrier, a tugboat and two floating cranes.

On the night of 17-18 July, Ukrainian drones hit 13 Russian vessels: eight dry cargo ships, a tanker, a gas carrier, a tugboat and two floating cranes.

During the night of July 18, Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces struck 13 vessels of Russia's shadow fleet in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, including eight dry cargo ships, one tanker, one gas tanker, one tugboat, and two floating cranes.

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces struck an additional 13 vessels linked to Russia's shadow fleet in the Black and Azov Seas on July 18, bringing the total number of vessels hit during Operation 'Molochka' to 172.

The primary objective of the operation is to paralyze Russian maritime logistics utilized to transport oil, fuel, and other cargo in circumvention of international sanctions.