How Ukraine’s Drone Swarms Decimated Russia’s Shadow Fleet in the Sea of Azov

In mid-July 2026, Ukrainian forces unleashed a highly coordinated aerial and naval drone campaign across the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea, targeting the primary supply lifeline keeping Russian forces in Crimea alive.

In this episode of Point of Impact, former US Navy SEAL Chuck Pfarrer breaks down Operation “MoLoChKa” — a joint SBS–SBU operation that struck over 170 Russian merchant vessels, ferries, and shadow fleet oil tankers without Ukraine deploying a single large surface warship.

From disabling the Kerch Strait bridge capacity to paralyzing Russia’s river-to-sea transport network, discover how low-cost unmanned systems completely outmaneuvered Russian air defenses and forced Moscow into a strategic retreat from Crimea.