Ukraine destroys 49 of Russia’s shadow fleet ships in crippling strikes

Ukrainian strikes have crippled the shadow fleet and oil depots in Russia(Picture: east2west)

Vladimir Putin’s shadow fleet was rocked by 14 new attacks today as the chaos at Russia’s petrol stations deepens. 

This brings the total to 49 the vessels lost this week – almost all of them oil tankers supplying fuel to Crimea and other Ukrainian territory annexed by the Kremlin. 

The crisis is now ‘catastrophic,’ with the Kremlin scrambling to hide the consequences, one report warned. 

In more bad news for Vladimir Putin, Ukraine also staged crippling overnight strikes on Taganrog po...