Screengrab from X video posted by USF Russia on Tuesday accused Ukraine of terrorism after Ukrainian forces carried out drone strikes on vessels in the Sea of Azov. Ukraine’s drone forces commander Robert Brovdi said Ukrainian drones hit 11 Russian vessels in the Sea of Azov overnight. In a statement on Telegram, he said the targets included five tankers, five dry cargo vessels and one tugboat. He added that the latest strikes brought the total number of vessels hit in the past nine days to 116. The statement did not mention any attacks on grain ships. However, industry sources told Reuters that several grain vessels were hit on July 13 and July 14 and caught fire. “They are standing there like targets before a firing squad. In a couple of days, there won’t be a single intact boat left in the Sea of Azov, only damaged ones,” one source said. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov criticised the attacks, saying they were aimed at causing damage and spreading fear. “What the Ukrainian regime is doing goes beyond even piracy. Pirates, at least, plunder and keep the spoils for themselves. But here, it benefits neither them nor anyone else – the goal is simply to cause damage and intimidate. It is terrorism, pure and simple,” Lavrov said during a press conference with Chad’s Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Sabre Fadoul. Lavrov also claimed that similar attacks had taken place in the Black Sea and other areas. He referred to reports in Turkish media about Ukrainian unmanned surface vessel attacks on Turkish ships, including tankers and vessels carrying Turkish cargo. He also alleged that infrastructure linked to the Blue Stream gas pipeline, which transports natural gas to Türkiye, had been repeatedly targeted. Ukraine rejected Russia’s accusations. A Ukrainian military source told Reuters that Ukrainian forces only strike military targets or targets that support Russia’s military capability. “Civilian cargoes are not among them. By talking about attacks on civilian vess