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The Belgian Navy detained the sanctioned tanker ETHERA, which had previously transported Russian petroleum products
02 March 2026
According to the Monitoring Group of the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies, since the start of the full‑scale war ETHERA has completed 10 voyages, moving about 460,000 tons of Russian oil products to ports in Turkey, Morocco, and Brazil, as well as to STS transfer areas near EU coasts (Greece and Cyprus). It loaded at Russian ports in the Black Sea (Novorossiysk, Taman, and an offshore STS zone south of the Kerch Strait) and in the Baltic (Primorsk, Ust‑Luga, Saint Petersburg).
Important
Russian Baltic Sea Ports Petroleum Products Imports to the EU Embargo: Database of November 2025 Violations
19 December 2025
In November 2025, 12 violations (554.382 tons) of the EU/US embargo on seaborne imports of Russian petroleum products (excluding crude oil) to the transshipment points and EU/US ports from the Baltic Sea were recorded. The voyages were made by tankers belonging to shipowners registered in Greece, China, Oman and Germany.
Russian Crude Oil Imports to the EU Embargo Through the Russian Baltic Sea Ports: Database of November 2025 Violations
18 December 2025
In November 2025, 2 violations (232.650 tons) of the EU embargo on seaborne imports of Russian crude oil from the Baltic Sea were recorded. The voyages were made by tankers belonging to shipowners registered in Greece.
Russian Blood-Soaked Export
Maritime Exports of Russian Crude Oil and Petroleum Products Through its Baltic Sea Ports: November 2025 Database
16 December 2025
In November 2025, 153 violations of the export of Russian crude oil and petroleum products from the Baltic Sea were recorded. 13.2 mln tons of Russian crude oil and petroleum products were delivered through the Russian ports of the Baltic Sea.
Militarization of the Black Sea
Database of Russian Attacks on Black Sea Ports in January-November 2025
11 December 2025
Between January-November 2025, Russian military attacked the ports of Greater Odesa involved in the export corridor operation, Danube and Odesa Oblast 152 times, using no less than: 46 Iskander CM and BM; 5 Kh-59/Kh-69 ALCMs; 12 Kh-31P ARMs; 1 Kalibr SLCMs; 4 Oniks AShM; 3 GBUs; 5 USVs; 750 strike and decoy UAVs.
Crimea Under Occupation
Statement by the Crimea Platform Expert Network on the occasion of the Fifth Summit of the Crimea Platform
24 September 2025
From 2022 on, in the context of full-scale war, the issues of Ukraine's temporarily occupied territories shall not be considered selectively. All occupied regions — including the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol, and parts of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions — are parts of a single space of armed aggression, large-scale and systematic human rights violations, and international crimes by the Russian Federation, and shall be the subject of a sole negotiation and strategic track. Any separate discussions on the “specific” status of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol or the Black Sea-Azov region carry the risks of fragmenting international solidarity and play into the Russian Federation’s approach of “special cases,” which is unacceptable for the international security and legal order system.
Databases
Maritime Exports of Russian Crude Oil and Petroleum Products Through its Baltic Sea Ports: November 2025 Database
16 December 2025
In November 2025, 153 violations of the export of Russian crude oil and petroleum products from the Baltic Sea were recorded. 13.2 mln tons of Russian crude oil and petroleum products were delivered through the Russian ports of the Baltic Sea.
