Two grain terminals at Russia's Novorossiysk halt work after Ukrainian attack, sources say
Russian state media said debris struck six buildings and a construction site, while residents reported repeated explosions and air-defense fire.
- On Wednesday, August 12, 2026, reported drone attacks struck Novorossiysk and Russian-occupied Crimea overnight, with residents reporting repeated explosions as Russian air defenses attempted to repel the ongoing assault.
- Russia relocated much of its Black Sea Fleet from Crimea to Novorossiysk following repeated Ukrainian attacks on naval infrastructure, transforming the port into a critical military hub.
- Russian state media reported debris struck six residential buildings and a construction site, causing casualties, while Exilenova Plus reported a strike on a grain elevator and agricultural shipping complex used for vital transit.
- Simultaneous explosions occurred near the Balaklava Thermal Power Plant outside Sevastopol, while monitoring channels reported "a large-scale drone attack was also reportedly underway near the Crimean Bridge" connecting the peninsula to Krasnodar Krai.
- Ukrainian authorities have not commented on the attacks, and The Kyiv Independent could not confirm reports regarding damage scale or drone origins, complicating independent assessment of the incident.
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Ukraine hammered Russia’s Black Sea port city of Novorossiysk in a massive overnight drone attack which put two major grain terminals out of action, according to Russian industry sources, and which Kyiv said had targeted a naval base there. Russia is the world’s largest wheat exporter and most of those exports are shipped via its […]
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