{"id":1402990,"date":"2026-07-07T13:49:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T10:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1402990"},"modified":"2026-07-07T13:49:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T10:49:06","slug":"ukrainian-drones-strike-eight-russian-shadow-fleet-tankers-overnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukrainian-drones-strike-eight-russian-shadow-fleet-tankers-overnight\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian Drones Strike Eight Russian Shadow Fleet Tankers Overnight"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>During the night of July 7, operators of Ukraine\u2019s Unmanned Systems Forces struck eight tankers belonging to Russia\u2019s shadow fleet in the Sea of Azov. The announcement was made by the Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert Brovdi, callsign \u201cMadyar\u201d, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cEight tankers of Russia\u2019s shadow fleet were hunted down and set ablaze in a single night by the pilots of Kairos, the 414th Separate Brigade \u2018Madyar\u2019s Birds.\u2019 The battle for fuel supplies to Crimea in the Sea of Azov continues,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>In addition to the fuel tankers, the commander said a cargo vessel and a ferry were also hit. He added that the \u201cfuel tubs\u201d were heavily damaged and are on fire.<\/p>\n   <p>According to Madyar, all of the damaged tankers have already been identified. He said they are all under international sanctions, have a deadweight of around 7,000 tons, are approximately 140 meters long, and were built between 2006 and 2012.<\/p>\n   <p>Among the vessels he named were <em>Venera-3<\/em>, <em>Sanar-1<\/em>, <em>Sanar-17<\/em>, <em>Klimena<\/em>, <em>Teti<\/em>, <em>Aleksey Savrasov<\/em>, and <em>Penelopa<\/em>. The name of one additional tanker is still being established, he added.<\/p>\n   <p>As previously reported, during the night of June 23, units of Ukraine\u2019s Unmanned Systems Forces struck more than 60 targets in Crimea and other temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/rutte-announces-nato-s-40-billion-counter-drone-initiative\/\">Rutte Announces NATO\u2019s $40 Billion Counter-Drone Initiative<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the night of July 7, operators of Ukraine\u2019s Unmanned Systems Forces &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1283951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,36415,53,55,50],"tags":[76,78,72945],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1402990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-russia-en","category-ukraine-en","category-svit-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-ukraine-strikes-back"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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