EnergyReader · 2026-08-10 10:15

Black Sea Crude Routes Shut as Drone Strikes Take Sheskharis and CPC Offline

By EnergyReader Newsroom · August 10, 2026

ICE Brent crude front-month was trading at $84.69 a barrel on Monday (2026-08-10), up nearly 1% on the session, as a mutual naval campaign between Russia and Ukraine tightened the Black Sea's main oil export corridors. Foreign Policy reported on Thursday (2026-08-06) that both sides are now systematically targeting the other's maritime trade — Ukraine through an expanding drone campaign against Russian tankers and shore infrastructure, Russia through strikes on Ukrainian port approaches — producing what the outlet described as a mutual shutdown of the sea.

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