Russia Shuts Down Azov Sea Shipping As Ukraine Hits 90 Vessels In A Week — New Overnight Strike Burns Stavropol Oil Depot, Drones Reach Moscow – CDM – Human Reporters • Not Machines

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Russia has formally suspended shipping through the Sea of Azov after Ukrainian naval drones struck 90 vessels in less than a week — a campaign that has now forced the closure of the Don-Azov canal, severed Moscow’s key export route through the Kerch Strait, and left occupied Crimea in a state of declared emergency, with fuel rationing, electricity blackouts, and the peninsula’s tourist season effectively cancelled.

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces chief, Robert Brovdi, announced Sunday that his units had hit 10 tankers and four ferries overnight alone, and had also struck a major oil refinery in the Russian city of Syzran — some 800 kilometers from Ukrainian-controlled territory. “The technological humiliation of the empire continues,” Brovdi wrote on social media. “It will fall because of Crimea.” Russia’s shadow fleet, which carries sanctioned oil to international markets, is, in his words, “noticeably shrinking” and “can no longer use the Kerch Strait,” per The Guardian.

The Don-Azov canal, which connects to Russia’s inland river network and the Caspian Sea, was suspended by Russian authorities on Friday, JP reported. Ukraine’s former Defence Minister Andriy Zagorodnyuk said Moscow has now lost control of a “critical” maritime corridor — one that also carries stolen Ukrainian grain out through the ports of Berdyansk and Mariupol. “The Caspian Sea has turned into a lake,” he said, warning of further strikes on shipping near the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk.

The campaign extended overnight into July 13 with a new front: Ukrainian drones ignited the Mikhailovskaya oil depot — a Lukoil-owned facility — in Mikhailovsk, Stavropol Krai, approximately 365 kilometers from Ukraine’s front lines, according to monitoring channels reported by the Kyiv Independent. The Stavropol governor confirmed the attack and a fire in an “industrial area.” Separately, drone strikes were reported in Moscow Oblast, with air defenses engaging and 81 drones shot down — but a residential building in Solnechnogorsk was still struck, injuring two people, and three others were killed when a drone crashed in the village of Pionersky, per Moscow Oblast Governor Andrey Vorobyov.

Meanwhile, Russia continues to take territory in Donbass. Putin has stated they will deal with the long-range strikes, but will focus on winning the ground war, which they look to be accomplishing.