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Review and Database of Ukrainian Attacks on the Occupied Crimea, Russian Ships and Facilities on the Black Sea Coast in January-March 2024
18 April 2024
Between January and March 2024, i.e. over 91 days, the Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out at least 37 attacks on targets in the occupied Crimean Peninsula and on ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. These included: approximately 10 attacks on Sevastopol; 5 on Russian Navy ships in the Black and Azov Seas; no less than 10 on Yevpatoria, Saky, Black Sea and Razdolnensky districts (Western Crimea); about 2 on Dzhankoy district; at least 2 on Feodosia region; and at least 3 attacks along the Black Sea coast of the Russian Federation.
247 tankers exported crude oil and petroleum products from Russian Black Sea ports in March 2024: The database
16 April 2024
The Monitoring Group of the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies and BlackSeaNews, based on the results of its own monitoring, presents a database of seaborne exports of crude oil and petroleum products from Russian ports on the Black and Azov Seas in March 2024. In total, in March 2024, 247 tankers exported oil and petroleum products from Russian ports (excluding exports to Bulgaria and Romania). They transported a total of about 15 million tons of cargo, including 4.3 million tons of Russian crude oil (36 tankers), 6.6 million tons of Kazakh CPC crude oil (48 tankers), and 4.1 million tons of Russian petroleum products (163 tankers).
Violations of the embargo on the imports of crude oil from Russia into the EU in March 2024 (database)
12 April 2024
In March 2024, 5 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil from the Black Sea were recorded. One of them involved the delivery of crude oil to a transshipment point in the Laconian Gulf off the coast of Greece. Another four violations were the shipments of crude oil from Novorossiysk directly to the ports of Italy, Greece and Spain. Four voyages were made by tankers belonging to companies from Greece. Shipowner from UAE performed one voyage. In March 2024, a total of 696,330 tons of Russian crude oil were delivered to the EU in violation of the embargo, compared with 841,132 tons in February 2024.
Violations of the embargo on seaborne imports of Russian petroleum products from Black Sea ports into the EU in March 2024 (database)
10 April 2024
In March 2024, 33 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian petroleum products (excluding crude oil) from the Black Sea were recorded. 2 direct voyages with petroleum products from Russian ports to the ports of EU countries and the US were made. The remaining 31 violations involved the delivery of petroleum products to a transshipment point in the Laconian Gulf off the coast of Greece. In March 2024, 84,445 tons of Russian petroleum products were delivered directly to the ports of EU countries and the US and 1,074,626 tons were shipped to the transshipment point.
Review and Database of Ukrainian Attacks on the Occupied Crimea, Russian Ships and Facilities on the Black Sea Coast in January-February 2024
19 March 2024
The Monitoring Group of the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies and BlackSeaNews, based on the results of its own monitoring, presents a database of attacks by Ukrainian drones and missiles on the territory of occupied Crimea, Russian ships in the Black Sea and objects on the Black Sea coast in January-February 2024. In January-February 2024, i.e., over 60 days, the Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out at least 26 attacks on targets in Crimean peninsula and Russian Black Sea Fleet, averaging one in three days.
Database of Russian Missile and UAV Attacks on Ukrainian Regions from the Occupied Crimea in January-February 2024
18 March 2024
In January-February 2024, for attacks from Crimea on the Ukrainian regions the Russian Armed Forces used at least: 6 units of Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles from ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, 3 of which — in February; 11 Iskander-type ballistic missiles, 2 of which — in February; P-800 Oniks anti-ship missiles were not used in January-February 2024; 392 Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs launched from Crimea and from the regions of the Russian Federation together, 169 of which — in February; 82 Shahed-136/131 UAVs Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs launched from Crimea, without simultaneous attacks from the RF.
Violations of the embargo on seaborne imports of Russian petroleum products from Black Sea ports into the EU in Ferbuary 2024 (database)
18 March 2024
In February 2024, 30 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian petroleum products (excluding crude oil) from the Black Sea were recorded. 3 direct voyages with petroleum products from Russian ports to the ports of EU countries were made. The remaining 27 violations involved the delivery of petroleum products to a transshipment point in the Laconian Gulf off the coast of Greece and Malta. In Ferbuary 2024, 101,651 tons of Russian petroleum products were delivered directly to the ports of EU countries and 1,179,572 tons were shipped to the transshipment point.
Violations of the embargo on the imports of crude oil from Russia into the EU in February 2024 (database)
15 March 2024
In February 2024, 7 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil from the Black Sea were recorded. Three of them involved the delivery of crude oil to a transshipment point in the Laconian Gulf off the coast of Greece. Another four violations were the shipments of crude oil from Novorossiysk directly to the ports of Italy. Four voyages were made by tankers belonging to companies from Greece. Shipowners from Malaysia, Seychelles and Moldova performed one voyage each. In February 2024, a total of 841,132 tons of Russian crude oil were delivered to the EU in violation of the embargo, compared with 910,800 tons in January 2024.
In February 2024, 61 Tankers exported Kazakh Oil from the Russian Black Sea Port of Novorossiysk (Database)
15 March 2024
In February 2024, a total of 61 tankers exported CPC oil from the Russian port of Novorossiysk, excluding the exports to Bulgaria and Romania. Together they exported a total of about 8.2 million tons of oil, including 7.1 million tons to the EU and 1.1 million tons to other countries.
229 tankers exported crude oil and petroleum products from Russian Black Sea ports in February 2024: The database
14 March 2024
The Monitoring Group of the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies and BlackSeaNews, based on the results of its own monitoring, presents a database of seaborne exports of crude oil and petroleum products from Russian ports on the Black and Azov Seas in February 2024. In total, in February 2024, 229 tankers exported oil and petroleum products from Russian ports (excluding exports to Bulgaria and Romania). They transported a total of about 16.3 million tons of cargo, including 4.2 million tons of Russian crude oil (34 tankers), 8.2 million tons of Kazakh CPC crude oil (61 tankers), and 3.9 million tons of Russian petroleum products (134 tankers).
Database of Russian Missile and UAV Attacks on Ukrainian Regions from the Occupied Crimea in January 2024
28 February 2024
In January 2024, the Russian Armed Forces (RAF) continued to strike all of Ukraine, using the temporarily occupied territory (TOT) of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (ARC) and the adjacent Black Sea as launchpads for strike and reconnaissance drones, and cruise and ballistic missiles. As predicted, Russia has increased the share of Shahed-136/131 attack drones in its strike arsenal, primarily due to the start of its mass production within the country
Violations of the embargo on seaborne imports of Russian petroleum products from Black Sea ports into the EU in January 2024 (database)
07 February 2024
In January 2024, 29 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian petroleum products (excluding crude oil) from the Black Sea were recorded. 5 direct voyages with petroleum products from Russian ports to the ports of EU countries, as well as two direct voyages to the ports of the USA were made. The remaining 22 violations involved the delivery of petroleum products to a transshipment point in the Laconian Gulf off the coast of Greece. In January 2024, 183,031 tons of Russian petroleum products were delivered directly to the ports of EU countries and the US and 907,226 tons were shipped to the transshipment point.
Violations of the embargo on the imports of crude oil from Russia into the EU in January 2024 (database)
07 February 2024
In January 2024, 7 violations of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil from the Black Sea were recorded. Four of them involved the delivery of crude oil to a transshipment point in the Laconian Gulf off the coast of Greece. Another three violations were the shipments of crude oil from Novorossiysk directly to the ports of TRIESTE, Italy; PACHI, Greece and CARTAGENA, Spain. Five voyages were made by tankers belonging to companies from Greece. Shipowners from Marshall Islands and Hong Kong, China performed one voyage each. In January 2024, a total of 910,800 tons of Russian crude oil were delivered to the EU in violation of the embargo, compared with 784,566 tons in December 2023.
In January 2024, 37 Tankers exported Kazakh Oil from the Russian Black Sea Port of Novorossiysk (Database)
06 February 2024
In January 2024, a total of 37 tankers exported CPC oil from the Russian port of Novorossiysk, excluding the exports to Bulgaria and Romania. Together they exported a total of about 5 million tons of oil, including 3.6 million tons to the EU and 1.4 million tons to other countries.
207 tankers exported crude oil and petroleum products from Russian Black Sea ports in January 2024: The database
06 February 2024
The Monitoring Group of the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies and BlackSeaNews, based on the results of its own monitoring, presents a database of seaborne exports of crude oil and petroleum products from Russian ports on the Black and Azov Seas in January 2024. In total, in January 2024, 207 tankers exported oil and petroleum products from Russian ports (excluding exports to Bulgaria and Romania). They transported a total of about 12.9 million tons of cargo, including 3.8 million tons of Russian crude oil (30 tankers), 5 million tons of Kazakh CPC crude oil (37 tankers), and 4.14 million tons of Russian petroleum products (140 tankers).