The campaign aims to cripple Russia’s sanctions-evasion logistics while avoiding environmental damage by disabling, rather than sinking, vessels.

Ukraine said it struck tankers and cargo vessels in the Sea of Azov, in the latest strikes on Russian commercial shipping. Moscow's Agriculture Ministry said "alternative shipping…

Ukraine hit 116 Russian vessels in nine days, striking the Azov fleet to crush Putin’s “internal sea” myth and choke Crimea’s fuel routes.