Ukrainian forces struck the Port of Sochi in Krasnodar Krai using unmanned surface vehicles, causing a series of fires.

An explosion caused a series of fires at the Port of Sochi, Krasnodar Krai (roughly 310 kilometers from the frontline), following reported Ukrainian unmanned surface vehicle (USV) strikes against the port based on geolocated footage published on September 9.

Drones attacked the Russian city of Novorossiysk in Krasnodar Krai on the night of 8-9 September, causing a fire at a fuel oil terminal.

OSINT analysis by ASTRA has established that the fire broke out at the Novorossiysk Fuel Oil Terminal.

According to Dnipro Osint, the strike had hit facilities at the port complex, damaging at least one storage tank at the fuel oil terminal.

On the evening of September 9, Ukrainian sea drones attacked the Sochi waterfront, and about 30 people were injured.

As reported by Ukrinform, a fuel oil terminal caught fire in Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, following a nighttime drone attack.

According to the Financial Times, Putin himself cancelled a scheduled visit to Sochi for a meeting of Russia's Valdai Discussion Club after the city was targeted by a mass drone attack on Sept. 9.

Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) said Wednesday that Ukrainian forces struck the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s missile carrier Admiral Essen during an overnight attack on Russia’s naval base in Novorossiysk.

Ukraine’s military intelligence said the vessel was hit and a fire broke out on its deck superstructure.

The Novorossiysk naval base lost several military vessels, including missile boats, as a result of a combined strike by the Defense Forces involving the Drone Forces on the night of September 9.

On the evening of 9 September, the Russian city of Sochi came under attack from maritime drones, with explosions reported in the port area and a fire breaking out near the seafront.