🔧 Sabotage

A fire was reported at sea off the Kuban coast near Gelendzhik.

Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai
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Fire at sea off Gelendzhik on Aug 7, 2026.

Satellite imagery collected on August 7 shows the aftermath of a recent Ukrainian strike against a Russian Volna Kupol Garnat electronic warfare system, likely belonging to the Russian Federal Security Service's (FSB) 32nd Border Detachment, in Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai.

Ukraine destroyed a Russian 'Volna Kupol Garant' EW system in Gelendzhik on Aug. 7.

The system was stationed at military unit No. 2156.

The system is manufactured by Kupol LLC in occupied Simferopol and costs $1.5 million per unit.

Defense forces destroyed a Russian electronic warfare complex 'Volna Kupol Garant' on the territory of military unit #2156 in Gelendzhik.

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