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Ukrainian forces attacked two Russian shadow-fleet tankers near the entrance to Novorossiysk port in the Black Sea; Zelensky said the oil-carrying vessels were actively used to transport oil and now won’t operate, as Kyiv continues long-range strikes against Russia’s energy sector to undermine war funding. The operation was led by General Staff Chief Andrii Hnatov with the involvement of the SBU and the Navy.
Ukraine, using maritime drones, reportedly struck two vessels tied to Russia's shadow oil fleet at the entrance to the Novorossiysk port, rendering them out of service; President Zelensky said Kyiv will broaden long-range strike capabilities across sea, air, and land to disrupt Russia's oil exports amid Ukraine's ongoing campaign against Russia's energy sector.
Ukrainian forces hit the Krymskaya oil-pumping station in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai, triggering a fire at a key link feeding crude toward the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. The strike is part of Kyiv’s broader effort to disrupt Russia’s energy and logistics networks. In the same operation, Ukraine also targeted a Tor-M1 air-defense system and ammunition depots in occupied Donetsk and Luhansk, with reports of at least one death in Sauk-Dere.
The Ukrainian Security Service revealed that the destruction of a Russian submarine in Novorossiysk was facilitated by the elimination of a Russian Il-38N anti-submarine aircraft, which posed a threat to Ukraine's naval operations. The aircraft was targeted at Yeysk airbase, enabling Ukraine's naval drone to successfully attack the submarine undetected, highlighting vulnerabilities in Russian military infrastructure.
A massive fire engulfed a cargo terminal in Novorossiysk, a port city on the Black Sea in southern Russia. Videos circulating on social media showed containers on fire and black smoke filling the sky. The fire, which spread to an area of 1,300 square meters, was extinguished later in the day. No casualties have been reported, and the cause of the fire remains unknown. This incident is the latest in a series of mysterious fires in Russia during the ongoing conflict with Ukraine. Novorossiysk serves as both an industrial trade hub and a military base for Russia's Black Sea Fleet.
A Ukrainian naval drone attack seriously damaged a Russian warship near Russia's Black Sea navy base at Novorossiysk, marking the first time the Ukrainian navy has projected its power so far from the country's shores. The attack temporarily halted civilian ship movement at the port, which handles 2% of the world's oil supply and exports grain, before resuming normal operations. Russia's Defence Ministry claimed to have repelled the attack and destroyed the drones, but a Ukrainian intelligence source confirmed the damage to the warship. The incident escalates tensions in the Black Sea region, which have been rising since Russia withdrew from a grain export deal with Ukraine and launched attacks on Ukrainian port facilities.