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Ukraine drone strikes force Azov shipping halt

Russia has been forced to suspend shipping through the Sea of Azov after Ukrainian drones targeted scores of Russia-linked vessels in less than a week, in the latest escalation of Kyiv’s campaign against Moscow’s maritime logistics. Ukraine’s unmanned systems chief Robert Brovdi said his units hit 10 tankers and four ferries overnight on Sunday, alongside
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Intel Slava
· Jun 28, 2026
[Video] 🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — WATCH: Drone teams of the Yuzhnaya Group destroy a UAV command post and elimi [...]
— WATCH: Drone teams of the Yuzhnaya Group destroy a UAV command post and eliminate enemy manpower inside a multi-floor building in Konstantinovka.@IntelSlava
Fark
· Jul 11, 2026
Day 1,599 of WW3: Russia halts Azov Sea shipping as Ukrainian drone campaign targets Moscow's sanctioned "shadow fleet" of oil tankers. This is your Saturday Ukraine invasion conversation [News]
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Yemen Press Agency
· Jun 27, 2026
Islah Party seeks to mix up cards by dispatching drones over ‘Al-Rayyan’ gathering in eastern Jawf
JAWF, June 27 (YPA) – A drone took off on Saturday from the Saudi-controlled “Al-Ruwaik” camp, overflying the “Al-Jawfa” camp in the Al-Rayyan region, eastern Jawf governorate. The overflight followed the withdrawal of tribal groups from a gathering (Matrah) led by the so-called “Hamad Fadgham Al-Hazmi,” which aimed to block the road for commercial trucks []
Reuters
· Jul 8, 2026
Ukraine counters Russia's Starlink jamming
Russian forces are trying to counter Ukrainian mid-range drone strikes by disguising military cargoes and deploying powerful electronic jamming systems, according to Ukrainian drone commanders and pilots. Ukraine's use of relatively low-cost drones capable of striking targets dozens of miles behind the front line has become a significant feature of the war. #ukraine #russia #war #drone #starlink
South China Morning Post
· Jul 8, 2026
Russia deploys powerful jammers to disrupt Starlink in war against Ukraine’s drones
Russian forces are trying to counter Ukrainian “mid-strike” drone attacks by camouflaging cargoes and installing powerful jamming systems to disrupt Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet system, Ukrainian drone commanders and pilots have said. Kyiv’s development of “mid-strike” drones that can hit targets dozens of kilometres behind front lines accurately and cheaply, and are often flown via Starlink, has transformed the war in Ukraine. In a concerted mid-strike campaign this year, Ukraine...
Defence Blog
· Jun 21, 2026
Ukraine’s drone hunters can’t keep up with Russia’s fastest drones
Ukraine’s drone interceptor crews cannot reliably chase down Russia’s new jet-powered attack drones because their aircraft simply are not fast enough to catch them before their batteries run out, a frontline Ukrainian air defense commander has revealed in an interview to Militarnyi. The commander, who goes by the call sign “Ramzes” and leads the anti-drone []
Kyiv Post
· Jun 25, 2026
The Day Moscow Burned: Inside Ukraine’s Massive 500-Drone Strike
Ukraine’s largest drone raid of the war sent up to 500 strike and decoy drones into Moscow airspace, overwhelming the capital’s air defenses and landing critical hits on the Moscow Oil Refinery in Kapotnya — knocking out nearly half its petroleum processing capacity. The operation followed a Russian strike on the historic Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. Zelensky’s one-word response was “Wait.” He didn’t wait long.
Mehr News Agency
· Jul 3, 2026
Israeli drone strikes vehicle in southern Lebanon, wounding 2
TEHRAN, Jul. 03 (MNA) – An Israeli drone hit a vehicle in the town of Seddiqine in the Tyre district of southern Lebanon.
Ukrainska Pravda
· Jun 22, 2026
Armed drone found in Estonia was likely stray Ukrainian UAV that was heading for Russia – photos
A drone carrying a warhead that was found in a field in Estonia near the Russian border is likely to be a Ukrainian UAV that went astray on its way to targets in Russia during earlier attacks.
TASS
· Jul 8, 2026
Ukrainian drone strike on Krasnodar-Melitopol passenger bus: what we know
No one was injured, and everyone on board managed to evacuate safely
Al Arabiya English
· Jul 12, 2026
Ukraine Escalates Strikes on Russian Vessels
Handout footage released by the Ukrainian military shows what the armed forces say are drone strikes targeting multiple Russian ‘shadow fleet’ vessels at sea. Ukraine’s drone forces commander says the operation targeted 14 Russian vessels, including 10 tankers. #Ukraine #Russia
Al-Monitor
· Jul 13, 2026
Iran widens attacks on US bases in Gulf, Hormuz tensions lift oil prices
By Elwely Elwelly, Eman Abouhassira and Tala RamadanDUBAI/WASHINGTON, July 13 (Reuters) - U.S. and Iranian forces exchanged heavy missile and drone attacks over the weekend and into Monday, with Tehran striking U.S. facilities across the Gulf and saying it had again closed the Strait of Hormuz, sending oil prices higher.Iran's Revolutionary Guardssaid on Monday they had targeted U.S. military facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait, destroyed radar systems in Oman, and hit fuel tanks and ammunition depots at Prince Hassan Air Base in Jordan in response to U.S. strikes.
Wall Street Journal
· Jun 26, 2026
U.S. Launches Fresh Attacks on Iran
The strikes follow a drone attack on a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz and threaten to unwind the fragile ceasefire deal between Washington and Tehran
Middle East Eye
· Jun 27, 2026
Drone targets Iranian Kurdish opposition camp in Iraq: Reuters
Drone targets Iranian Kurdish opposition camp in Iraq: Reuters An explosive drone targeted a camp belonging to an Iranian Kurdish opposition group north of Iraq’s Erbil, Reuters reported on Saturday, citing security sources. There were no immediate reports of casualties. In March, US media reported that the White House was exploring options to back Kurdish opposition factions in Iraq as part of efforts to support regime change in Tehran. Kurdish opposition groups, however, neither confirmed nor denied the possibility of a US-backed ground advance.
The Kyiv Independent
· Jul 8, 2026
Ukraine's 'long-range sanctions' bring war home for Russians as drone strikes cripple fuel supply
Russia's Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery had just restarted operations when Ukrainian drones hit it again. The facility — the fourth-largest oil refinery and the second-largest producer of gasoline in the country — had been struck by Ukraine on June 24, forcing operations to shut down. On July 2, Ukrainian drones
Hananya Naftali
· Jul 4, 2026
[Video] A Ukrainian drone strike on Saint Petersburg, with an accompanying report of a fire at [...]
A Ukrainian drone strike on Saint Petersburg, with an accompanying report of a fire at an oil facility in the Leningrad region.
AzerNews
· Jul 3, 2026
Ukraine says it destroyed 7 Russian jets in Crimea
The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) said on Friday that it carried out a drone strike on the Saki and Gvardiyske military airfields in Russian-occupied Crimea as part of Ukraine's 40-day operation to pressure Russia to negotiate a peace deal, AzerNEWS reports.
BRICS News
· Jul 4, 2026
JUST IN: 🇺🇦🇷🇺 Ukrainian attack drones strike Russia's St.
JUST IN: Ukrainian attack drones strike Russia's St. Petersburg oil terminal.@BRICSNews
The Moscow Times
· Jul 7, 2026
Ukraine Says It Struck 8 ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tankers Near Crimea
Ukraine's drone forces said they struck the vessels in the Sea of Azov.
MaltaToday
· Jul 7, 2026
Malta-based NGO MOAS ambulance hit in Russian drone attack in Ukraine
A MOAS-operated ambulance evacuating a critically injured Ukrainian soldier from the frontline is hit by a Russian drone with crew and patient escaping serious injury
The Independent
· Jul 8, 2026
Russia tries to jam Elon Musk’s Starlink in bid to stop Ukraine’s drone attacks
Ukraine’s devastating ‘mid-strike’ drones that are crippling Russian fuel facilities are often flown via Starlink
Atlantic Council
· Jun 23, 2026
Ukraine tightens drone blockade of Russian-occupied Crimea
Ukraine is currently conducting a mid-range drone strike campaign aiming to cut access to Russian-occupied Crimea and place the Black Sea peninsula under a logistics lockdown, write Maksym Beznosiuk and William Dixon. The post Ukraine tightens drone blockade of Russian-occupied Crimea appeared first on Atlantic Council.
Yemen News Agency - SABA
· Jul 1, 2026
Iranian Defense Ministry: Our Missile, Drone Capabilities Are Red Line, Not Subject to Negotiation
Iranian Defense Ministry: Our Missile, Drone Capabilities Are Red Line, Not Subject to Negotiation
Russia Today
· Jul 3, 2026
Russian market hit by deadly Ukrainian drone strike – governor
A Ukrainian drone strike on a market in Tokmak, Zaporozhye Region, has reportedly resulted in deaths and injuries Read Full Article at RT.com
KROF – 960 AM – Lafayette
· Jul 9, 2026
Video Shows Amazon Drone Dropping Package in Baton Rouge During Delivery
Video Shows Amazon Drone Dropping Package in Baton Rouge During Delivery
National Review
· Jun 26, 2026
The Hormuz Strait Drone Attack and the Folly of Negotiating with Iran
‘Death to America’ is not just a slogan.
KSAT San Antonio
· Jun 23, 2026
The Strait of Hormuz's future is unsettled in wake of latest strikes
Iranian drone strikes and US retaliation amid a shaky ceasefire have blunted an uptick in shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
UPI
· Jun 27, 2026
U.S. strikes Iran drone sites; Iran hits Bahrain
U.S. strikes Iran drone sites; Iran hits Bahrain
Al Bawaba
· Jul 2, 2026
Russian Embassy in Sweden hit with drone attack
ALBAWABA - The Russian Embassy in Sweden said that a drone dropped red paint on their embassy overnight, while no one was harmed, This ...
The Eastern Herald
· Jul 3, 2026
Two Ships Hit, Five Days of Strikes: How the US-Iran Ceasefire Nearly Collapsed Before Doha
An Iranian drone hit the Singapore-flagged M/V Ever Lovely on June 25, triggering the most dangerous five-day exchange of the ceasefire period. US aircraft struck Iranian sites twice, Iran hit US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, and talks were threatened before Doha reset the framework.
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