Ukraine's Security Service hit 11 Russian vessels in the Azov Sea overnight on July 14, targeting five tankers, five cargo ships, and a tugboat, according to Kyiv. The attacks have shut the Kerch Strait linking the Azov and Black Seas. Separately, Ukrainian naval forces sank a Russian second-class border patrol vessel near Novorossiysk using a Sargan-3000 maritime drone system.
The maritime campaign has intensified sharply: 105 Russian ships have been damaged in roughly eight days, Ukrainian sources say, including a dozen tankers targeted in a single night and a strike on the port of Kavkaz.
On land, Ukraine's General Staff confirmed a strike on the Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat refinery in Bashkortostan, along with hits on the Afipsky refinery in Krasnodar Krai and an oil depot near Stawropol.