From Caspian to Mediterranean, Russian ships are destroyed across 4 seas

Today, the strategic picture around Ukraine’s war effort is shifting in a way that goes far beyond the front lines. After years of relying on partners to enforce economic pressure, Kyiv is increasingly treating Russia’s energy and logistics networks as an extension of the battlefield itself. Moscow’s ability to sustain the war has long depended on the assumption that distance, jurisdictional complexity, and global shipping norms would shield its oil revenues from direct disruption. That assumption is now eroding as Ukraine demonstrates both the reach and the intent to act far outside its immediate waters. What is emerging is not a series of isolated strikes, but a coordinated effort to fuse legal sanctions with physical enforcement across multiple maritime domains. This sets the stage for a new phase of the conflict in which Russia’s war economy faces pressure not just from financial instruments, but from persistent, kinetic risk wherever it operates.