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Ukrainian forces struck 13 submarine stations in occupied Crimea and four Russian tankers in the Black Sea overnight. They also struck a floating crane in the Sea of Azov.

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Ukrainian forces struck 13 submarine stations in occupied Crimea and four Russian tankers in the Black Sea overnight.

Ukrainian long-range drone strikes hit two Russian tankers in the Black Sea and a floating crane in the Azov Sea overnight on July 19, 2026. Additionally, a Soviet-era Buk air defense system was struck in Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

The Russian Defense Ministry claimed to have downed 140 Ukrainian drones across Russia, occupied Crimea, and over the Black Sea and Azov Sea overnight on July 19, 2026.

Ukrainian drone units struck 13 electrical substations across occupied Crimea, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Luhansk, and Donetsk regions as part of Operation 'Crimean Switch Off'.

Ukrainian drone forces struck 13 power substations in Crimea and four vessels of Russia's shadow fleet during the night of July 19, 2026

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Extracted: 2026-07-20T08:37:14.851Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-19-2026