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The Unmanned Systems Forces have announced that they have struck 20 Russian vessels in the Black Sea

Tetiana Bodnarenko
Tetiana Bodnarenko Journalist
The Unmanned Systems Forces have announced that they have struck 20 Russian vessels in the Black Sea
A damaged tanker. Illustrative photo: screenshot from a video
On the night of 15 July, the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Unmanned Systems Command announced that it had struck 20 Russian vessels in the Black Sea. Robert ‘Madyar’ Brovdi, commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, also reported on the results of strikes against vessels over the past ten days.

Robert ‘Madyar’ Brovdi, Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reported that on the night of 15 July, Ukrainian drones struck 20 Russian vessels in the Black Sea.

According to him, the vessels struck included 17 oil tankers, two gas tankers and one tugboat.

Robert ‘Madyar’ Brovdi noted that, in total, 136 vessels belonging to Russia’s so-called ‘shadow fleet’ were struck between 6 and 15 July.

He also stated that the first phase of the naval battle in the Sea of Azov had concluded following the destruction of 116 vessels belonging to the Russian Federation’s shadow fleet.

The day before, the Unmanned Systems Forces reported that on the night of 14 July, they had struck a further 11 Russian vessels in the Sea of Azov.

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