💥 Attack

Ukrainian media speculated about the possible destruction of an Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate in Novorossiysk, though former Verkhovna Rada deputy Anton Gerashchenko later removed this reference from his Telegram channel. Exilenova+ subsequently stated that the information about destruction of the Admiral Grigorovich was false, noting it has not been seen in Novorossiysk for a long time.

Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai
Likely Reported by 3 independent sources
Kyiv Post Ukrinform UNIAN

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: uncertain

Ukrainian media speculated about the possible destruction of an Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate in Novorossiysk. Former Verkhovna Rada deputy Anton Gerashchenko initially wrote that Russia had likely lost such a frigate, but later removed the reference. Exilenova+ stated that information about destruction of Admiral Grigorovich was false.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Drones of the Security Service of Ukraine Special Operations Center Alpha Group, together with other components of the Defense Forces, struck military and oil facilities at the port of Novorossiysk used in Russia's war against Ukraine

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

A Project 11356 frigate was hit in the attack on Novorossiysk port

UNIAN → Source tone: uncertain

The attack may have targeted Admiral Essen, which had been partially damaged by a Ukrainian cruise missile earlier in the war

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Extracted: 2026-03-05T01:58:04.745Z

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