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Ukraine·Russia·Armed Conflicts·Sanctions

Ukraine drones sink Russian nuclear industry ship in Black Sea

Sunday, 2 August 2026, 06:10 · 1 min read

A Ukrainian drone strike has sunk a cargo vessel belonging to Fesco, a logistics company that is part of Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom (which oversees Russia's civilian and military nuclear programmes), near the port city of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea. All 17 crew members survived, according to Rosatom's director Aleksei Likhachev, who said the ship was carrying frozen food and construction materials and accused Ukraine of piracy. Fesco is listed on EU sanctions lists, and the sinking highlights the intensifying campaign of maritime strikes in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov, key supply routes for Crimea as well as Russian and Ukrainian grain exports.

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