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US must seize Russian tankers if peace talks break down, says Senator Graham
Graham stressed that Washington “will not give up trying to lure Putin to the negotiating table,” but another rejection of compromises should have consequences.
Russian tankers change routes due to fear of new drone strikes
Tanker trips from Novorossiysk are increasingly taking a coastal corridor along Georgia and Turkey, lengthening the crossing and making monitoring more difficult.
Tanker burns in Rostov after drone attack: Russia reports deaths and injuries
A drone attack in the oil tanker port of Rostov-on-Don caused the Valeryi Gorchakov, a ship of the so-called shadow fleet, to catch fire.
Ukrainian Navy spokesman comments on strike on Russian submarine
The Ukrainian Navy said that the strike on the Project 636.3 submarine Varshavyanka in Novorossiysk was successful.
Defense forces attacked an oil depot and a river vessel in the Rostov region
On the night of December 17, units of the Defense Forces struck the Nikolaevskaya oil depot in the Rostov region of the Russian Federation.
Russia’s shadow fleet poses a direct threat to Europe, says Tusk
In addition to the risks of accidents and oil spills, the ships of the so-called shadow tanker fleet of Russia often serve as platforms for launching reconnaissance drones.
India Reduces Russian Oil Imports Due to Increased Inspections, — Bloomberg
The regulatory filter was introduced as India seeks to push through a broader trade deal with the United States. India expects to sharply reduce its imports of Russian oil this month to about 800,000 barrels per day. This is due to increased inspections at ports and banks to comply with Western restrictions, Bloomberg reports. In…
Russians cannot unload LNG from Arctic ports because of ice
Despite the fact that the terminal has already shipped over 1 million tons of LNG since June, the shipments have hit a logistics bottleneck.
Russia’s oil export revenues hit lowest level since start of full-scale war
Russia’s oil revenues fell to $11 billion in November, the lowest monthly level since February 2022.
Details emerge about the latest attack on a tanker by the Russian “shadow fleet” (video)
The Dashan tanker, which was hit by SBU naval drones, was moving in the exclusive economic zone of Ukraine towards the Novorossiysk port terminal at the time of the attack.
