Vessels

The US State Department announced the introduction of new sanctions against companies, vessels and individuals involved in the Russian gas pipeline “Nord Stream-2”.

The auction for the sale of the Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company’s marine fleet was to take place on December 13.

Ukrainian companies, in particular the state-owned UDS, began to sell off their fleet due to a significant decrease in profitability.

Already 360 ships have been included in the list of violators on the War & Sanctions state portal about sponsors and accomplices of Russian aggression.

Russia probably began to collect weapons in African countries, in order to then transport them from there by ships of the “Syrian Express”.

Agents of the guerrilla movement “ATESH” spotted a Russian special-purpose boat in the southern bay of temporarily occupied Sevastopol.

Some ships, which have been stuck in the ports of Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale war, have changed ship owners during this time. The value of the ships varies from 20 to 200 million dollars.

Turkey has stopped allowing ships that can transport military cargo to the Russian Federation through the Bosphorus. Therefore, Russia began to send ships to bypass the strait through the waters of the European Union.

The Navy of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that the Russians are turning off the identification system (AIS) on some of their ships in order to take away looted grain from the territory of Ukraine.

The UDS renamed vessels with Russian names, focusing on Ukrainian cities under occupation.