Operation 'MoLoChKa'

Ukraine’s Defense Minister Fedorov resigned after clashing with Gen. Syrsky over strategy. Ukraine attacked Russian targets including the FSB ship Izumrud, tankers, oil refineries, and 172+ shadow fleet vessels since Operation MoLochKa began. France pledged military aid to Ukraine, including fighter jets and joint arms manufacturing.

Satellite imagery shows the sanctioned Russian shadow fleet tanker Caroline Bezengi spilling oil in a marine conservation area off Oman's coast. The vessel, which loaded oil in Novorossiysk, last transmitted its position on June 11, coinciding with Ukraine’s 'Operation Molochka' targeting Russia’s shadow fleet in the Black and Azov Seas.

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces struck 13 Russian Shadow Fleet vessels in the Black and Azov Seas on July 18. The targeted ships included dry cargo vessels, tankers, and floating cranes, increasing the total number of vessels hit during Operation 'Molochka' to 172 over 13 days.

Ukraine attacked 12 vessels in Russia's Black Sea shadow fleet to disrupt fuel supplies to occupied regions and Crimea. The Unmanned Systems Forces reported hitting 159 ships from Russia's shadow fleet in 10 days, including 117 in the Azov Sea and 42 in the Black Sea, as part of Operation Molochka to cripple sanctioned logistics.

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces disabled 11 Russian 'Shadow Fleet' vessels in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov on Thursday, as part of Operation 'MoLoChKa', raising the total targeted to 147.