Ukrainian drones struck a further 12 Russian vessels in the Black Sea on Friday (July 17), Kyiv's drone forces commander said, as Ukraine steps up its naval attacks against Moscow.

The Commander of Unmanned Aerial Systems (drone) Forces, Robert Brovdi, published footage on Telegram said to show strikes on the vessels.

Reuters was not able to verify the location or the date when the video was recorded. No older versions of the video were found posted online before July 17.

Brovdi said on Telegram that the targets included nine dry cargo ships, a tanker, a gas tanker and a tugboat.

That brought the total number of vessels struck this month in the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea to 159, he said.

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Ukrainian drones hit 12 Russian vessels in Black Sea, commander says

VIDEO SHOWS: MILITARY HANDOUT SAID TO SHOW DRONE ATTACKS ON SHIPS

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- Exact location and date not verified

- No older versions of the video were found posted online before July 17

EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS FOOTAGE IS HANDOUT FROM THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY. CAPTIONS WERE ADDED AT SOURCE. VIDEO WAS EDITED AT SOURCE.

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SHOWS: GIVEN AS BLACK SEA (RELEASED JULY 17) (COMMANDER OF UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS FORCE - Must on-screen courtesy Commander of Unmanned Aerial Systems Force) (MUTE) (MONOCHROME)

1. DRONE POV SHOT, SHIP AT SEA, TEXT CAPTION READING (Ukrainian):

"17.07.2026

Strike on the gas tanker

by pilots of the 1st Separate Centre of Unmanned Systems Forces

the Black Sea"

/DRONE APPEARING TO STRIKE VESSEL AS SCREEN LOSES PICTURE

2. DRONE SHOT OF VESSEL ON FIRE AND DRONE ATTACKING VESSEL / DRONE APPEARING TO STRIKE VESSEL AS SCREEN LOSES PICTURE

3. DRONE POV SHOT, SHIP ON FIRE AT SEA, TEXT CAPTION READING (Ukrainian):

"17.07.2026

Further investigation of the damage caused to the gas tanker

by pilots of the 1st Separate Centre of Unmanned Systems Forces

the Black Sea"

4. DRONE POV SHOT, SHIP AT SEA, TEXT CAPTION READING (Ukrainian):

"17.07.2026

Strike on the dry cargo ship №1

by pilots of the 1st Separate Centre of Unmanned Systems Forces

the Black Sea"

/DRONE APPEARING TO STRIKE VESSEL AS SCREEN LOSES PICTURE

5. DRONE POV SHOT, SHIP ON FIRE AT SEA, TEXT CAPTION READING (Ukrainian):

"17.07.2026

Further investigation of the damage caused to the dry cargo ship №1

by pilots of the 1st Separate Centre of Unmanned Systems Forces

the Black Sea"

6. DRONE POV SHOT, SHIP AT SEA, TEXT CAPTION READING (Ukrainian):

"17.07.2026

Strike on the dry cargo ship №2

by pilots of the 1st Separate Centre of Unmanned Systems Forces

the Black Sea"

/DRONE APPEARING TO STRIKE VESSEL AS SCREEN LOSES PICTURE

7. DRONE SHOT OF VESSEL ON FIRE

8. DRONE POV SHOT, SHIP AT SEA, TEXT CAPTION READING (Ukrainian):

"17.07.2026

Strike on the dry cargo ship №3

by pilots of the 9th 'Kairos' battalion 414th Separate SBS Brigade ‘Madyar's Birds’

the Black Sea"

/DRONE APPEARING TO STRIKE VESSEL AS SCREEN LOSES PICTURE

9. DRONE SHOT OF SMOKE RISING FROM VESSEL

10. DRONE POV SHOT, SHIP AT SEA, TEXT CAPTION READING (Ukrainian):

"17.07.2026

Strike on the dry cargo ship №4

by pilots of the 9th 'Kairos' battalion 414th Separate SBS Brigade ‘Madyar's Birds’

the Black Sea"

/DRONE APPEARING TO STRIKE VESSEL AS SCREEN LOSES PICTURE

11. DRONE SHOT OF SMOKE RISING FROM VESSEL

12. DRONE POV SHOT, SHIP AT SEA, TEXT CAPTION READING (Ukrainian):

"17.07.2026

Strike on the dry cargo ship №5

by pilots of the 412 separate 'Nemesis' brigade of the SBS

the Black Sea"

/DRONE APPEARING TO STRIKE VESSEL AS SCREEN LOSES PICTURE

13. DRONE POV SHOT, SHIP AT SEA, TEXT CAPTION READING (Ukrainian):

"17.07.2026

Strike on the dry cargo ship №6

by pilots of the 412 separate 'Nemesis' brigade of the SBS

the Black Sea"

/DRONE APPEARING TO STRIKE VESSEL AS SCREEN LOSES PICTURE

14. DRONE POV SHOT, SHIP AT SEA, TEXT CAPTION READING (Ukrainian):

"17.07.2026

Strike on the dry cargo ship №7

by pilots of the 412 separate 'Nemesis' brigade of the SBS

the Black Sea"

/DRONE APPEARING TO STRIKE VESSEL AS SCREEN LOSES PICTURE

15. DRONE POV SHOT, SHIP AT SEA, TEXT CAPTION READING (Ukrainian):

"17.07.2026

Strike on the dry cargo ship №8

by pilots of the 413 separate 'Raid' regiment of the SBS

the Black Sea"

/DRONE APPEARING TO STRIKE VESSEL AS SCREEN LOSES PICTURE

16. DRONE POV SHOT, SHIP AT SEA, TEXT CAPTION READING (Ukrainian):

"17.07.2026

Strike on the dry cargo ship №9

by pilots of the 413 separate 'Raid' regiment of the SBS

the Black Sea"

/DRONE APPEARING TO STRIKE VESSEL AS SCREEN LOSES PICTURE

17. DRONE POV SHOT, SHIP AT SEA, TEXT CAPTION READING (Ukrainian):

"17.07.2026

Strike on the oil tanker

by pilots of the 413 separate 'Raid' regiment of the SBS

the Black Sea"

/DRONE APPEARING TO STRIKE VESSEL AS SCREEN LOSES PICTURE

18. DRONE POV SHOT, SHIP AT SEA, TEXT CAPTION READING (Ukrainian):

"17.07.2026

Strike on the tugboat

by pilots of the 1st Separate Centre of Unmanned Systems Forces

the Black Sea"

/DRONE APPEARING TO STRIKE VESSEL AS SCREEN LOSES PICTURE