Russian shipping in Sea of Azov suspended after Ukrainian drone barrage targets tankers

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Russia has suspended shipping in the Sea of Azov after Ukrainian drones targeted 90 vessels in less than a week, widening Kyiv's campaign against Moscow's fuel logistics. Drone forces chief Robert Brovdi said his units hit 10 tankers and four ferries overnight, while shipping through the Don-Azov canal was halted on Friday.

On Sunday, a Ukrainian drone struck an oil tanker entering the Azov-Black Sea canal. Rostov Governor Yury Slyusar said the fire was brought under control, with the tanker empty and no casualties or oil spill reported, though local channels reported two large oil spills near Taganrog.

Ukraine has intensified strikes on Crimean logistics and energy infrastructure, including electricity substations, aiming to isolate the occupied peninsula. A state of emergency has been declared in Crimea over blackouts and fuel shortages, and Russia's shadow fleet can no longer use the Kerch Strait for sanctioned oil exports. Three people were killed in Russian strikes on Dnipropetrovsk overnight.

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