(NOVOROSSIYSK, KRASNODAR KRAI) – Ukrainian drones struck Novorossiysk, Russia’s largest Black Sea port, in a major overnight attack, targeting port facilities including a fuel oil terminal where a fire broke out. Several Russian military vessels, including missile carriers, were also reportedly targeted.
According to Ukrainian monitoring channels, four people were killed and 29 others wounded in the overnight attack on Novorossiysk. The Novorossiysk fuel oil terminal is one of the key facilities within the city’s transport hub and forms part of the port, Russia’s largest seaport.
At the same time, drones reportedly destroyed a Su-33 fighter jet and a Mi-8 helicopter near Anapa. Ukrainian drones also struck two radar systems.
In its latest attack on Ukraine overnight into Wednesday, Russia used ballistic missiles as well as nearly 200 drones of various types. Ukrainian air defences managed to intercept a significant number of the inbound aircraft and projectiles. Once again, the main target of the attack was the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
A Russian drone damaged an apartment building in Kyiv, sparking a fire and destroying parts of the building’s walls. According to Kyiv authorities, five people were wounded, three of whom were hospitalised.
Russia also targeted a border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova in the Odesa region. According to preliminary reports, two people were killed and three others wounded. Operations at the border crossing were suspended. Russia’s defence ministry confirmed the strike, claiming that the checkpoint had been used to “deliver military cargo to Ukrainian territory.”
The previous day, Moldova’s defence ministry reported that a drone had entered the country’s airspace from Ukraine. The drone later flew toward Romania, prompting authorities there to scramble two F-18 fighter jets. The drone subsequently re-entered Moldovan airspace and crashed on the country’s territory.
On the front line, deep Russian infiltration attempts are being reported in the Dobropillia area. Russian troops reportedly infiltrated into Novotroitske along the Dobropillia Kramatorsk highway and reached the northern edges of Riznyk, southwest of Dobropillia. Over the past week from 31st August to 6th September, Ukrainian territory under Russian control increased by 54 square kilometres compared with 21 square kilometres the previous week.
In the Middle East, US Central Command said it had destroyed five Iranian tankers carrying crude oil in response to attacks on a US Navy vessel. Over the past two days, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reportedly fired ballistic missiles at the US Navy vessel on two separate occasions. According to US Central Command, the ship successfully evaded the attempted Iranian strikes and continued patrolling regional waters. No US personnel were wounded. Before carrying out the strikes, US forces reportedly instructed the crews to abandon the vessel.
According to the US military, Iran had been using the tankers as part of a multi-billion dollar shadow network that finances the IRGC and its regional proxies. Following the attack, the IRGC issued several statements claiming missile strikes on American bases in Jordan and Bahrain, as well as attacks on two American vessels and eight tankers.
The Ukrainian air force has neutralised a Russian Geran jet-powered UAV reportedly using an air-to-air missile. This new variant, equipped with a jet engine capable of speeds of up to 500 kilometres per hour, was intended to penetrate Ukrainian air defences by reducing reaction time and altering its flight path. However, the deployment of fighter aircraft and the timely detection of the high-speed target by radar systems stopped the Russians’ plans.
Body camera footage from Kyiv patrol officers captured the moment a Russian missile struck the capital and the first few seconds of the officers’ response amid the chaos. The video clearly shows the flash from the impact, the blast wave that knocks people off their feet, and the instant transformation of a quiet street into a zone of utter destruction and fire. Without waiting for additional forces to arrive, the patrol officers immediately launched a rescue operation, providing first aid and pulling wounded civilians directly from under the rubble and burning structures.
With Ukrainian forces destroying Russian fuel trucks and depots, troops in the occupied part of Zaporizhzhia region have increasingly turned to gas generators as an alternative power source. To provide power for command posts, electronic warfare stations, and communication nodes, the occupiers directly used the civilian gas distribution infrastructure of the region seized during the armed aggression. However, the attempt to power military facilities from main and local gas networks merely created a new highly conspicuous target for Ukrainian forces.
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