During Operation MoLoChKa, Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces first cleared the Sea of Azov of russian tankers and have now driven them out of the Black Sea as well. On the night of July 20, the attacks continued, with three more tankers and four dry cargo ships struck.
So far, 183 vessels from russia's shadow fleet have been struck — 119 in the Sea of Azov and another 64 in the Black Sea. This was reported by the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert "Madyar" Brovdi.
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Another video showing the strikes was also released:
At the same time, the number of ships attacked is gradually decreasing. Specifically, only three ships were hit on the night of July 19, compared to 10 ships on the night of July 18, 11 on July 17, and nine tankers and dry cargo ships on July 16. The decline is simply due to the reduced number of available targets. This is clearly visible in satellite images.
On July 7, before the precision strikes against russian ships began, the situation was as follows:
On July 19, the overall picture was as follows:
It is worth noting that these are publicly available SAR satellite images from the European Space Agency. The radar imagery is particularly well suited for monitoring maritime activity, with each mark visible against the water representing a vessel.
While there were more than 100 vessels near the Kerch Strait on July 7, by July 19 there were only about a dozen. Overall, this correlates perfectly with the map of strikes published by the Security Service of Ukraine:
So now, the main concentration of ships near the sussian coast is limited to the Novorossiysk area:
As of July 19, there were a total of about 30 ships in the vicinity of this russian port.
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