On the night from Sunday to Monday Ukrainian armed forces attacked a Russian warship in the port of Novorossiyskas well as an oil platform in the Black Sea near Russian-occupied Crimea, wrote Major Robert “Madiar” Browdi, commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces (SBS), on Telegram.
As the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces clarified, the attack was aimed at Admiral Makarov missile frigate, armed with Kalibr cruise missiles and the Shtil-1 air defense system.
It is the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation after Ukraine sank the cruiser Moskva in April 2022. The estimated value of the frigate is $500 million.
Ukraine struck in Novorossiysk. A fire broke out in the port
Citing the Russian authorities, Reuters reported on Monday that at least eight people, including two children, were injured as a result of a Ukrainian drone attack on Novorossiysk, and many residential buildings were destroyed.
Russia did not say whether the port of Novorossiysk, Russia's largest export point on the Black Sea, was hit.
As reported by Bloomberg, photos taken on Monday by the NASA FIRMS system – which allows observing places on Earth where fires are ongoing – show fire in the port area. It's there Sheshcharis oil terminalowned by the Russian state-owned company Transneft. The company did not respond to Bloomberg's request for comment.
Further attacks on Russian oil infrastructure
According to Bloomberg calculations, repeated drone attacks on oil ports resulted in… Russia's seaborne oil exports have fallen to their lowest level in two months. The decline came as the war in the Middle East triggered an unprecedented global oil supply crisis.
