Ukraine strikes Russian Black Sea energy hub Novorossiysk
Al Jazeera
Ukraine has increased attacks on Russian energy infrastructure in bid to disrupt financing of its war.
The Ukrainian military reported that it has struck a Russian warship and a drilling rig in the Black Sea.
Kyiv’s drone forces commander Robert Brovdi said on Monday that the attack targeted the Admiral Makarov missile carrier in the port of Novorossiysk, which is Russia’s largest oil exporting outlet on the Black Sea. Ukraine has increased its attacks on Russian energy infrastructure in a bid to disrupt export revenues that feed into Moscow’s war chest.
Russian authorities said at least eight people, including two children, were injured in Novorossiysk, without specifying whether the port was struck.
Videos posted on Telegram and verified by Al Jazeera’s verification unit showed a fire at one of the oil port’s docks in the city.
Novorossiysk’s Mayor Andrei Kravchenko said debris from drones had fallen on two locations in the city, including a residential area.
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