💥 Attack

Drones struck the city of Gelendzhik as part of the broader offensive in the region.

Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai
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Ukraine (organization) Gelendzhik (location) Krasnodar Krai (location) Novorossiysk Grain Products Plant (location) Exilenova+ (organization) Security Service of Ukraine (organization) Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Novorossiysk naval base (location) Krasnodar region (location) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) Palianytsia (weapon_system) Neptune (weapon_system) Black Sea Fleet (organization) Novorossiysk (location) Palyanytsia (weapon_system) Russia (organization) Peklo (weapon_system) Bars (weapon_system) Long Neptune (weapon_system) Mich (weapon_system) Fire Point (weapon_system) Ramzay (weapon_system) Sichen (weapon_system) Trust (weapon_system) Khariok (weapon_system) Bober (weapon_system) Liutyi (weapon_system) Dovbush (weapon_system) Sargan (weapon_system) Mamai (weapon_system) Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) SBU (military_unit) Armed Forces of Ukraine (organization) Magura (weapon_system) Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (organization) State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (organization) Essen (weapon_system) Admiral Makarov (weapon_system) Vasily Bykov (weapon_system) Khrushcheva oil depot (location) Sheskharis oil terminal (location) 30N6E radar system (weapon_system) S-300 missile system (weapon_system) Novorossiysk port (location) Russian army (military_unit) Russian Navy (military_unit) Novorossiysk bay (location) Cyberborishno (organization) Main Intelligence Directorate (organization) Defense Forces of Ukraine (organization) Kalibr (weapon_system) Grushovaya oil depot (location) 30N6E radar (weapon_system) S-300 (weapon_system) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization)

Source Reports

Drones also struck Gelendzhik.

Security Service of Ukraine and General Staff conducted a large-scale special operation targeting Novorossiysk naval base and port infrastructure.

Ukrainian forces carried out a unique operation against Novorossiysk involving Palianytsia jet-powered drones, Neptune anti-ship cruise missiles, and naval drones.

The attack hit Russian air-defense positions, piers, and port infrastructure.

Ukraine used Palyanytsia jet-powered drones, Neptune missiles and unmanned maritime systems in the operation, Zelensky said. He reported confirmed strikes on air defense positions, naval piers, and port infrastructure.

In a joint deep-strike operation on the night of August 11-12, expensive Russian military targets in Novorossiysk were hit, including frigates Admiral Essen and Admiral Makarov, patrol ship Vasily Bykov, and infrastructure of the Grushovaya oil depot, Sheskharis oil terminal, and S-300 radar complex.

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