Ukrainian drone strikes force Russia to suspend shipping in Sea of Azov

Ukrainian drone strikes have forced Russia to suspend shipping in the Sea of Azov, according to the report. It says 90 vessels were targeted in less than a week, with Ukraine’s drone forces chief Robert Brovdi claiming that his units hit 10 tankers and four ferries overnight, alongside a major oil refinery in Syzran. The article also cites multiple strikes on electricity substations in occupied Crimea. Brovdi said Russia’s “shadow fleet” for sanctioned oil products was “noticeably shrinking” and could no longer use the Kerch Strait linking the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. Russia suspended shipping through the Don-Azov canal on Friday, a route tied to exports via Kerch and Turkey’s Bosphorus. The piece adds that the impacts extend to military vessels and grain shipments through Berdyansk and Mariupol, and warns of further disruption near Novorossiysk.