Such an operation brings an environmental threat, allowing the Russian Federation to hide the oil source and avoid international control.
Russia carries illegal excess oil in the open sea near Greece. This was reported by the press service of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on Monday, June 16.
According to the GUR, since July 2024, the Aframax type tanker with IMO-Nomer 9247443, without a coating in western insurance, has illegal oils between the tanks itself in the open sea near Greece and Cyprus.
“Such an operation brings a threat to the environment, allow the aggression to hide the source of the oil, avoid international control and ensure its supply to third countries to exceed penalties,” the intelligence reports.
The GUR on the War & Sanction platform published data on the IMO 9247443 vessel, which Russia uses as a floating transshipment hub to supply oil collapse under penalties.
In addition, Ukrainian intelligence has provided data to 159 oil tanks, most of which are included in the So -called “Shadow Fleet” of the Russian Federation, as well as information about 55 captains of this Armada.
In total, the War & Sanction Portal published data at 577 such as oil tanks. The total weight of the identified vehicles exceeds 63 million metric tons.
The GUR notes that in the fourth year of an entire aggression, exporting oil and gas remains a major source of Russian budget filling. According to estimates, a third of these revenues in 2025 aimed at funding war against Ukraine.
The Shadow Fleet actively uses high -raised marine logistics skills, including disabling automatic identity systems, navigating navigating, excessive oil at night without lighting, using cozy constituents, as well as registering companies, “the report said.
In addition to avoiding penalties, “Shadow Fleet” is used by Russia as an element of a hybrid war. Cases of participation of such courts in reconnaissance and sabotage operations have been established, especially in the Baltic Sea, where they monitor naval infrastructure, underwater cables and other critical objects, added to the GUR.
Earlier it was reported that Russia began accompanying commercial tanks from the “Shadow Fleet” to the Gulf of Finland with military ships.
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