The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine has published on the War&Sanctions portal information on 31 maritime vessels — part of the shadow fleet of russian federation and Iran. These vessels are engaged in transporting russian oil and liquefied gas, generating export revenues that are critically important for the aggressor state.

The update includes vessels servicing key players in the russian oil and gas sector and the largest taxpayers in this industry, in particular:

• oil tankers transporting crude oil and petroleum products in the interests of PJSC “NK “rosneft”,” PJSC “surgutneftegas,” and PJSC “tatneft”;
• gas carriers transporting russian liquefied natural gas both from the sanctioned mid-scale project “gazprom lng portovaya” and from the “yamal lng” project, which has not yet been subject to full restrictions by partner countries.

Energy exports remain the primary source of revenue for the russian budget — these funds directly finance the war against Ukraine and sustain the military-industrial complex of the aggressor state.

On the eve of another anniversary of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine emphasizes: as long as energy billions continue to flow into the russian budget, the aggressor will keep accumulating resources to prolong the war and destabilize the security situation in Europe.

We call on partner states to strengthen sanctions pressure on the russian energy sector. Coordinated and systematic restrictions are capable of depriving russia of the financial base for waging war and accelerating the achievement of a real and lasting peace.