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  • Ukrainian drones hit Novorossiysk port, causing a fire and power outages, reports say.
  • The attack follows heightened defenses at the port after previous Ukrainian strikes on Crimea.
  • Novorossiysk is vital for Russia's oil exports and naval operations in the Black Sea.

The Russian port of Novorossiysk, which has become an important base for the Black Sea Fleet after repeated attacks on its traditional base in Crimea, has been targeted by Ukrainian drones.

This attacks follows previous reports by the UK Ministry of Defence indicating that Russia has been bolstering defenses at the Novorossiysk port to protect its Black Sea Fleet from potential Ukrainian attacks.

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[-] e_mc2@feddit.nl 36 points 1 month ago

Classic you can run, but you can't hide. Love it.

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 27 points 1 month ago

Light it up again plz. Let's help the sea heal by creating some new reefs. Some come with fish food inside!

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

These wrecks will be leaking fuel and other nasty stuff for a long time. It'll probably hurt the environment more than help.

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

They are already leaking fuel and other nasty stuff. Russian ships are shit. At least by being blown up they catch fire and burn most of it off

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

I'm pretty sure that that's not how that works.

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah I know, but I can dream can't I?

[-] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 month ago

I have a feeling Russia will be gaining a few more submarines in the near future. Slava Ukraine!

[-] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

By the time this is all over every farmer in Ukraine will have a new tractor and Russia won’t have a navy that can go past sight of shore. Slava Ukraini

[-] TheJims@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Future Black Sea artificial reefs

[-] Donut@leminal.space 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It might be the perspective but fuck they are shooting so low in the footage of blowing up the Ukrainian UAV that they seem to be hitting the residential buildings behind

[-] snownyte@kbin.social 4 points 1 month ago

Well that 'protection' failed you, didn't it? lol

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 1 month ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The Kirillovskaya substation caught fire, and more than 20 thousand city residents were left without electricity, the Russian Telegram news channel Astra reported.

Footage emerged on social media on May 19 that appeared to show two Ukrainian drones being blasted by machine gun fire as they flew over the port.

The governor officially announced an "unsuccessful attempt to attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces" and the downing of 10 UAVs.

The Novorossiysk port on Russia's Black Sea coast in Krasnodar Krai is a strategic hub for oil exports and naval operations.

As Ukraine maintains pressure on Russia in Crimea and the Black Sea region, its troops have struggled to fend off Russian advances along the eastern front, particularly near Kharkiv.

Despite progress made by Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine was not experiencing a shortage of artillery shells for the first time since Russia launched its full-scale invasion.


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this post was submitted on 19 May 2024
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