⚡️ Footage of the Russian Olenengorsky Gornyak landing ship being towed as a result of damage caused by a naval kamikaze UAV in Novorossiysk, where there are still no protective booms.
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Such attacks are likely coordinated by American reconnaissance over the Black Sea pic.twitter.com/dKhZbvKtcM
Politico: Ukraine declares war on Russia’s Black Sea shipping
Kyiv warns it’s ‘completely unjustifiable’ for Western vessels to continue shipping Russian oil.
Russian ports and ships on the Black Sea — including tankers carrying millions of barrels of oil to Europe — could justifiably be attacked by the Ukrainian military as part of efforts to weaken Moscow's war machine, a senior Kyiv official warned Monday in the wake of two recent attacks on Russian vessels.
"Everything the Russians are moving back and forth on the Black Sea are our valid military targets," Oleg Ustenko, an economic adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, told POLITICO, saying the move was retaliation for Russia withdrawing from the U.N.-brokered Black Sea grain deal and unleashing a series of missile attacks on agricultural stores and ports.
“This story started with Russia blocking the grain corridor, threatening to attack our vessels, destroying our ports,” Ustenko said. “Our maritime infrastructure is under constant attack."
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Update: Zelensky Threatens "Russia May Be Left Without Ships" Amid Emerging Battle At Sea (Zero Hedge)
WNU Editor: It looks like every Russian ship is now going to be a target.