Unmanned aerial systems have struck a further 12 vessels belonging to the Russian Federation’s ‘shadow fleet’ in the Black Sea — Madyar

Stanislav Sereda
Stanislav Sereda Journalist
Unmanned aerial systems have struck a further 12 vessels belonging to the Russian Federation’s ‘shadow fleet’ in the Black Sea — Madyar
On the night of 17 July, unmanned aerial systems attacked 12 vessels belonging to the Russian Federation’s ‘shadow fleet’
On the night of 17 July, the Unmanned Systems Forces attacked 12 vessels belonging to Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’.

This was announced by Robert Brovdi (Madyar), Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces.

Units of the Unmanned Systems Forces managed to strike a further 12 Russian vessels belonging to the Russian Federation’s ‘shadow fleet’ in the Black Sea. These included nine dry cargo ships, one tanker, one gas tanker and one tugboat.

In total, during Operation ‘MoLoChKa’ from 6 to 17 July, the Unmanned Systems Forces struck 159 vessels belonging to the Russian Federation’s ‘shadow fleet’. Of these, 117 were in the Sea of Azov and 42 in the Black Sea.

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