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Ukraine drone strikes set Novorossiysk oil port ablaze, exposing Russia’s Black Sea vulnerability

A sustained Ukrainian drone barrage hit Novorossiysk overnight, with fires reported at port and oil infrastructure, residential blocks damaged and at least one child killed, according to Russian officials and local reports. The attack pushes the Black Sea frontline deeper into Russia’s own export arteries, forcing Moscow to defend key energy and naval assets far from Ukraine’s coast.

The overnight attack on Novorossiysk did more than light up the skyline of a Russian resort city; it pushed the war directly into one of Moscow’s most critical Black Sea export hubs and into apartment buildings where families were sleeping. Russian authorities said in the early hours of 12 August that Ukrainian forces had mounted an intense drone assault on Novorossiysk, a major port on Russia’s Black Sea coast, and nearby Anapa. Regional officials reported that an eight‑year‑old child was killed and at least eight other people were injured. Debris from intercepted unmanned aerial vehicles fell on 21 residential buildings and four businesses, according to the governor of Krasnodar Krai.…

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