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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Luke Harding in Kyiv

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

Smoke rises from a Russian shadow fleet tanker in a night-vision image
Smoke rises after what the Ukrainian authorities say was a drone strike on a Russian shadow fleet tanker in the Sea of Azov. Photograph: Commander of Unmanned Aerial Systems Force/Reuters

Russia has been forced to suspend shipping in the Sea of Azov after 90 vessels were targeted by Ukrainian drones in less than a week.

Ukraine’s drone forces chief, Robert Brovdi, said on Sunday that his units had hit 10 tankers and four ferries overnight, as well as a major oil refinery in the city of Syzran. There had been several strikes on electricity substations in occupied Crimea, he added.

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