SSU Sea Baby maritime drones struck two sanctioned tankers of the Russian shadow fleet, KAIRO and VIRAT, in the Black Sea.

This was a joint operation of the 13th Main Directorate of Military Counterintelligence of the SSU and the Ukrainian Navy.

During the attack, the sanctioned vessels were empty — they were heading to load in the port of Novorossiysk.

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[–] 52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org 64 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Once they make it a habit of destroying ships in the Russian shadow fleet, availability of crews and insurance will dry up, further reducing Russian economic power, pushing Russia closer to the tipping point. Ukraine doesn't need to destroy them all, just make it so most ships are unwilling to do Russia's business.

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I believe shadow fleet vessels are already uninsured. The way the sanctions are enforced is through insurance.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Yeah and they are buying old ships that would otherwise be headed to dismantling outfits.