(SARATOV, SARATOV OBLAST) – Ukrainian defence forces have conducted a series of deep strikes against Russian military and industrial targets over three days, resulting in significant damage to naval assets, energy infrastructure, and a major logistics hub, according to official sources and verified footage.
On 9th September, a combined missile and drone attack struck the port of Novorossiysk, Russia’s largest grain export terminal and a key base for its Black Sea Fleet. The operation involved Ukrainian-made Neptune anti-ship missiles, the same type used to sink the cruiser Moskva in 2022. Satellite imagery analysed a day later confirmed hits on three Russian vessels: the Buyan-M class corvette, and the frigates Admiral Essen and Admiral Makarov. The strikes caused fires on the ships’ superstructures. Port infrastructure, including grain loading facilities, was also damaged.
Also on 9th September, Ukrainian Special Operations Forces executed the deepest strike of the war, targeting gas facilities in Russia’s Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, over 3,000 kilometres from Ukraine. The Novy Urengoy and Purovsky plants are critical to Russia’s gas condensate industry, with a combined processing capacity of nearly 33 million tonnes of feedstock per year. The long-range drone operation forced at least ten civilian airports across Russia into “carpet mode,” grounding flights and disrupting travel for tens of thousands of people.
The following day, 10th September, drones struck the port of Makhachkala in the Republic of Dagestan. The facility is Russia’s only year-round deep-water port on the Caspian Sea and serves as a key shipping link with Iran. It is used for the transport of Iranian-made Shahed drones and their components, as well as ballistic missiles. Footage from the region showed anti-aircraft fire and fires still burning at the port the next morning.
On 11th September, a major drone attack targeted a 100,000 square metre OZON warehouse in Saratov, Saratov Oblast. Hour-by-hour footage documented the fire’s rapid spread, with multiple initial points of ignition merging into a single large blaze that consumed the facility. The strike is part of a sustained campaign against Russian logistics and infrastructure.
The Ukrainian Defence Forces have not commented on the specific weapons used in all strikes, but the operations demonstrate a growing capability to strike deep into Russian territory. Footage of the Novorossiysk attack was released by the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence, while the Saratov warehouse fire was documented in multiple videos circulated on social media and verified by open-source intelligence accounts.
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