gCaptain9 Jul 2026Supply chain
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Ukraine’s General Staff said it hit 12 tankers in the Sea of Azov overnight, along with a tugboat and a dry cargo ship, targeting vessels supplying fuel to the Russian army and those skirting sanctions. Rostov’s governor confirmed two tankers in Taganrog Bay suffered mechanical damage and caught fire, one blaze extinguished. The strikes are part of a broader campaign that has already hit 25 tankers this week, according to Ukraine’s commander of unmanned forces. Russia has responded to the resulting gasoline shortage by banning almost all gasoline, jet fuel, and diesel exports, while the governor of the Lipetsk region urgently appealed to Lukoil, Rosneft, and Gazprom Neft to increase supplies.