Ukraine strikes Russian ships near Crimea, escalating attacks on fuel supplies

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Ukraine has intensified its attacks on Russian fuel supply routes near occupied Crimea. Between July 6 and 9, Ukrainian forces reportedly struck multiple tankers in the Sea of Azov and off the Crimean coast. Two empty tankers were attacked in Taganrog Bay on Wednesday, continuing to burn on Thursday. Earlier in the week, two tankers carrying approximately 7,000 tons of fuel each from Taganrog to Crimea were also targeted. Satellite imagery from Wednesday showed a large smoke plume from a ship near Crimea, with fires detected there since July 6. These strikes are part of Ukraine's strategy to disrupt supplies and routes into and out of Crimea.

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Satellite imagery shows a large plume of smoke from a ship approximately 2.5 miles off the Crimean coast, with fire present since July 6th.

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Two empty tankers were attacked in Taganrog Bay, Sea of Azov, and were still burning the following day.

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Ukraine conducted night-time strikes on Russian ships near Crimea, with footage appearing on social media.

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Several specific tankers, including Venera-3 and Sanar-1, were named among those hit.

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Two tankers attacked earlier in the week were carrying approximately 7,000 tons of fuel each from Taganrog to Crimea.

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Night-time footage of the latest strikes began appearing on social media early on Tuesday, and Brovdi detailed strikes every day between 6 and 9 July.The governor of Russia's Rostov region, Yuri Slyusar, said two empty tankers were attacked on Wednesday in Taganrog-bay" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="162136" data-entity-type="location">Taganrog Bay in the north-east corner of the Sea of Azov, although they were still burning on Thursday.Brovdi says two tankers attacked earlier in the week were each carrying about 7,000 tons of fuel from the Taganrog area to Crimea.One satellite image captured on Wednesday shows a large plume of smoke rising from one ship around 2.5 miles (4.2 km) off the Crimean coast. Data from Nasa suggests the fire had been raging from that spot since 6 July and likely a result of the first wave of strikes claimed by Ukraine's drone forces.The same image shows around 20 further vessels leaving the area and heading south towards the Black Sea.The head of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces named several tankers among those hit as Venera-3, Sanar-1, Sanar-17, Klimena, Thetis, Alexey Savrasov, and Penelopa.

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