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Ukraine’s SBU and SBS forces launched a massive combined missile and drone strike against Novorossiysk and Anapa on September 9, 2026. Armed with Neptune cruise missiles and Fire Point FP-1 UAVs, Ukrainian forces hit the Kalibr-capable frigate Admiral Essen, set the port's primary fuel-oil terminal ablaze, destroyed a rare Su-33 fighter, and damaged 13 shadow fleet vessels. Discover how Kyiv’s expanding fire control over Novorossiysk eliminates Russia's final Black Sea safe haven and threatens critical energy exports.
⏱️ CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Massive Overnight Drone and Missile Strike Hits Novorossiysk
02:09 - Neptune Cruise Missiles Target Frigate Admiral Essen
04:12 - The Attrition and Vulnerability of the Admiral Essen
06:15 - Fuel-Oil Terminal Ablaze as NASA FIRMS Confirms Fire Zones
07:47 - Fire Point FP-1 Drones Deployed in Coordinated Strikes
09:17 - Kremlin Excuses Blame "Falling Debris" for Port Damage
10:54 - Additional Losses: Mi-8 Helicopters, Radars, and Su-33 Destruction in Anapa
13:18 - Strategic Trap: Black Sea Fleet Locked in Novorossiysk
14:19 - Economic Impact: Threatening 20% of Russia's Oil Export Infrastructure
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Ukraine’s SBU and SBS forces launched a massive combined missile and drone strike against Novorossiysk and Anapa on September 9, 2026. Armed with Neptune cruise missiles and Fire Point FP-1 UAVs, Ukrainian forces hit the Kalibr-capable frigate Admiral Essen, set the port's primary fuel-oil terminal ablaze, destroyed a rare Su-33 fighter, and damaged 13 shadow fleet vessels. Discover how Kyiv’s expanding fire control over Novorossiysk eliminates Russia's final Black Sea safe haven and threatens critical energy exports.
⏱️ CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Massive Overnight Drone and Missile Strike Hits Novorossiysk
02:09 - Neptune Cruise Missiles Target Frigate Admiral Essen
04:12 - The Attrition and Vulnerability of the Admiral Essen
06:15 - Fuel-Oil Terminal Ablaze as NASA FIRMS Confirms Fire Zones
07:47 - Fire Point FP-1 Drones Deployed in Coordinated Strikes
09:17 - Kremlin Excuses Blame "Falling Debris" for Port Damage
10:54 - Additional Losses: Mi-8 Helicopters, Radars, and Su-33 Destruction in Anapa
13:18 - Strategic Trap: Black Sea Fleet Locked in Novorossiysk
14:19 - Economic Impact: Threatening 20% of Russia's Oil Export Infrastructure
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00:01Russia thought that it was doing something smart when it sent the remnants of the Black Sea fleet to Novorossiysk.
00:07The port, which is in the Krasnodar Krai, was supposed to be a safe haven,
00:11a place where warships could go to hide after Ukraine made the fleet's Sevastopol headquarters a death zone.
00:17But Novorossiysk isn't safe, it hasn't been for a while.
00:22And if Russia needed to learn that lesson once more,
00:25Ukraine has delivered a fiery lecture that offers all the proof that will ever be needed.
00:30The wrath of a Roman god has just been unleashed on the Russian Navy,
00:34joined by a new generation of drones that sparked a massive fireball that engulfed Novorossiysk.
00:40Overnight on September 9th, a swarm of Ukrainian drones and missiles flew to Novorossiysk,
00:45striking target after target in a hellacious attack that has hit a missile ship and set a fuel oil terminal
00:51ablaze.
00:52Residents heard the strikes coming before they saw the damage.
00:55The unmistakable sounds of drones buzzing overhead were a portent of things to come.
01:00Then it happened.
01:02Explosion after explosion racked one of Russia's most important ports in an attack that has devastated the country's navy.
01:09Ukraine has been more than happy to share what it did.
01:12Robert Brovdy, who is the outspoken head of Ukraine's unmanned systems forces,
01:16shared a special message for Russia on Facebook in the wake of Ukraine's attack.
01:20The worm is in a hurry to lie down, Brovdy declared before he said.
01:24The naval base of Novorossiysk lost a number of military naval assets at night,
01:29with a comprehensive strike by the SBU with the participation of the SBS, including a missile carrier.
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01:49Russia can't run away from this one, and it certainly can't hide the fact that it happened.
01:53The fires are so large that they can be seen from space.
01:57NASA's firm's satellites, which are used to track large fires, have provided images proving there are now several red zones
02:04in Novorossiysk,
02:05with each red mark indicating a fire that Ukraine caused.
02:09We said this was the wrath of a Roman god, and we meant it.
02:12What does that really mean?
02:14One word, Neptune.
02:16That's the name of the type of missile that Ukraine used to carry out part of its Novorossiysk attack.
02:21Brovdy claims that Ukraine struck several warships on the night of September 9th,
02:25however the only one we have real evidence for is the Admiral Essen.
02:29Metsa reports that this was the ship that Ukraine hit with its Neptune missiles.
02:33That ship is a missile frigate that is capable of firing caliber cruise missiles that often form parts of the
02:38swarms of projectiles that Russia uses to batter Ukraine's cities regularly.
02:43Launched in 2014 and part of the Project 11356R fleet of warships,
02:49the Admiral Essen has a long history of being used in these types of attacks,
02:53having first come to prominence for similar strikes in Syria in 2017,
02:57before becoming one of Russia's more important weapons in the war against Ukraine.
03:01Beyond its caliber cruise missiles, it's also home to a 100mm A-190 artillery mount
03:07and a Stihl-1 anti-aircraft missile system that is supposed to be capable of stopping incoming projectiles in their
03:13tracks.
03:14It doesn't look like that system worked this time around.
03:17Ukraine's missiles clearly broke through.
03:19It's unclear which variant of Neptune missiles Ukraine used to do the job against the Admiral Essen.
03:25The original R-360 version, which is an anti-ship missile, seems like the most obvious choice.
03:30That missile was designed to destroy warships capable of displacing up to 5,000 tons of water,
03:35and it can be launched from land, surface and air.
03:39It's also a missile with an impressive history,
03:41as it's what Ukraine used to destroy the Moskva missile cruiser back in April 2022,
03:46which was the starting point for the campaign against the Black Sea Fleet
03:49that led to the Admiral Essen being in Novorossiysk in the first place.
03:53Another candidate is the Long Neptune, which Ukraine designed to function as a cruise missile,
03:59but is just as capable as its older cousin of hitting and destroying ships.
04:02That missile can travel up to 1,000 kilometers carrying a 260 kg warhead,
04:08and it flies low enough to make for a very difficult target for anti-air systems.
04:12The Long Neptune has been in play since at least November 2025,
04:16so Ukraine knows that it works and that it can do some serious damage.
04:20Whichever version was used, the point remains the same.
04:23The fury of a missile named after a Roman god just rained down on the Admiral Essen.
04:28And it's not the first time that this particular ship has been a target for Ukraine.
04:32Not by a long shot.
04:33Back in May,
04:34Ukraine hit Admiral Essen for what was then the fourth time since Putin launched his invasion.
04:39We guess Ukraine can rack up hit number five now.
04:42You are doomed to sink someday, you scab.
04:44You won't hide.
04:45Brovdy wrote in the aftermath of that attack,
04:48which appears to have been carried out using drones.
04:49An earlier attack in March destroyed the Admiral Essen's onboard radar components and central superstructure.
04:56Another, carried out on April 6th, affected the ship's anchor handling and some of its auxiliary compartments.
05:01The Admiral Essen has been reduced to little more than a sitting duck in Novorossiysk.
05:05It may still be able to fire missiles, but it doesn't seem to be capable of doing anything against Ukraine's
05:10weapons anymore.
05:11This latest attack doesn't appear to have sunk the missile ship.
05:15The satellite images show that it's still afloat in port.
05:17But as Brovdy says, it's only a matter of time.
05:20The Admiral Essen has nowhere to go.
05:22And Ukraine is clearly determined to use Neptune to send the ship to the god that gave the missile its
05:27name.
05:28It's attacks just like this one that sent Russia's Black Sea warships into hiding in Novorossiysk in the first place.
05:33Now the hiding spot has been revealed.
05:36Russia's ships are just as vulnerable now as they were when they were sailing in the Black Sea and using
05:40Sevastopol as their base.
05:42Mark our words, another strike against the Admiral Essen is coming and Russia won't be able to do anything about
05:47it.
05:48But the Admiral Essen wasn't the only casualty of Ukraine's overnight blitz.
05:52As Neptune flew toward the warship, Ukrainian drones targeted the rest of Novorossiysk, spreading the fires that we mentioned earlier.
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06:12In its report on Ukraine's September 9th series of strikes, Euromiden Press says that Ukrainian drones scored hits against the
06:19fuel oil terminal in Novorossiysk, causing a fire to break out on the terminal grounds.
06:24At least one storage tank appears to have taken damage and footage of the aftermath has already started to emerge.
06:31Exilanova Plus, which is often among the first media outlets to share such footage, shares a video shot by a
06:36Krasnodar Cry resident who saw Ukraine's attack happen in real time.
06:40That video showcases what NASA's firm's satellites have confirmed. Large fires caused by Ukraine's drones.
06:46In another, we mostly hear rather than see what Ukraine's drones did. The sound of buzzing is audible, as is
06:53what appears to be the sound of Russian anti-missile guns rattling off rounds.
06:57For a moment, all goes quiet. Then it happens. The sound of a massive explosion, which is likely the result
07:03of one of Ukraine's drones scoring a direct hit on its target.
07:06Other fires have been reported aside from the one highlighted by Exilanova Plus.
07:11Astra, which is another independent media outlet inside Russia, reports that there are fires on the grounds of several enterprises
07:18in Novorossiysk, including the one we already know about at the port's fuel oil terminal.
07:22Again, there is footage that proves the claims, and according to Militanyi, that terminal is pretty valuable to Russia.
07:29It is one of several enterprises operating as part of a wider Novorossiysk transport hub, and it specializes in the
07:36transshipment of fuel oil and light petroleum to the tune of 4 million tons of product shipped every year.
07:42There was nothing accidental about Ukraine's choice of target here. Ukraine knew exactly what it wanted to hit.
07:48As for what it used for the job, it has since been reported that FP1 drones rained down on Novorossiysk
07:54on the night of September 9.
07:55That news comes directly from the drone's manufacturer Firepoint, which said,
08:00FP1 drones paid a visit to Novorossiysk tonight, before confirming the strike against the port's fuel oil terminal,
08:06as well as suggesting that its drones were used to target the KSK grain terminal, which processes about 2.5
08:12million tons of grain annually.
08:14It isn't clear if Ukraine managed to hit that terminal, or if Russian air defenses managed to stop a few
08:19of the FP1s.
08:20UNN reports that a fire occurred at the grain terminal, though other reports suggest that outcome is up in the
08:25air.
08:26It's worth noting that Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy didn't mention the grain terminal in his report on the attack.
08:32As he said,
08:33During this day there were results in Novorossiysk, in the Krasnodar Krai, a naval base was struck, a terminal involved
08:39in oil shipments, military harbor facilities, warships and caliber missile carriers.
08:44Regardless, the FP1 has been getting a major workout recently.
08:47On the same day that these drones were used to devastate Novorossiysk, they were also reportedly responsible for carrying out
08:53a record-breaking 2,800-kilometer strike against a Russian gas plant in Novyurungoy, which is in Russia's Yamal-Nanets
09:01autonomous region.
09:02That facility is as important to Russia's gas-condensate infrastructure as the Novorossiysk fuel-oil terminal is to getting Russian
09:09fuel out into the Black Sea and beyond.
09:11As is always the case with Ukraine's drone strikes, they're just like the buses. Russia waits for one, then several
09:17come along at once.
09:19Russia has been forced to respond to what Ukraine pulled off on September 9th.
09:23While there are no mentions of warships being hit, which is no surprise, as such strikes can be hidden from
09:28the public unless they lead to flaming shipwreckages that can be seen from kilometers around, the strikes on Novorossiysk's other
09:34port infrastructure are impossible to hide.
09:36That's how things go when massive fires are visible on the horizon.
09:41Novorossiysk's mayor, Andrei Kravchenko, has already published the Russian spin on the events in a telegram post where he said,
09:47The UAV attacks continue to be repelled in Novorossiysk. We'll stop you right there, Kravchenko.
09:53Repelled isn't the word you're looking for here. Successful seems like a better fit, after all of the evidence that
09:58we've seen.
09:59Kravchenko continued by trotting out Old Faithful to explain all of the fires.
10:03Currently, it's known that drone debris fell on the premises of enterprises and near a residential building.
10:09Emergency services have been assigned to deal with the consequences. Information about other possible damages is being clarified.
10:15The Novorossiysk mayor said.
10:17There it is, the old drone debris excuse. We're running out of jokes to make about this one.
10:22As Russia uses it every time that Ukraine's drone score direct hits, it's all a bit ridiculous, isn't it?
10:28Russia expects people to believe that drone debris just so happens to hit exactly what Ukraine wanted to hit every
10:34single time.
10:35At least come up with a new excuse, Russia. This one has been beaten so far into the ground that
10:40it's becoming friends with the mole people.
10:41Still, at least Russia could console itself with the thought that a terrible night both for Novorossiysk and for the
10:47far-flung region of Yamal-Nanets couldn't get any worse, right?
10:50Not exactly.
10:51A range of other targets were also hit elsewhere in Russia, showcasing just how fragile the country's air defense network
10:58has become.
10:58As Novorossiysk burned, Ukraine struck a broad range of other targets, including an MI-8 helicopter and a pair of
11:05radar systems, all of which were further along the coast from Novorossiysk in a settlement named Anapa.
11:10Brovdy also reports that Ukraine's drones took out another 13 vessels belonging to Russia's Shadow Fleet in the Black Sea,
11:18bringing its total of Shadow Fleet ships struck in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to 282 since it
11:24started that particular campaign back on July 6th.
11:26But perhaps the most important loss among this additional series of strikes was that of an Su-33 fighter jet,
11:33also in Anapa.
11:35That one will sting Russia, both because it's yet another fighter jet down and because the Su-33 is essentially
11:41a tangible example of Russian design failure.
11:44This jet was designed to be a carrier-based air superiority fighter launched from the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier.
11:51With its folding wings, reinforced landing gear and a resting hook, it was designed specifically for carrier operations.
11:58But it never really amounted to much of anything.
12:00Russia only produced the jet in limited numbers, United 24 media reports.
12:04The factories that have made it have long since shut down, so it's unlikely that Russia will be able to
12:10carry out repairs even if it wanted to.
12:12And it's not like there would be much of a point.
12:14The aircraft carrier that was supposed to carry Russia's Su-33s into battle has spent far more time being repaired
12:20and maintained than it ever spent at sea,
12:23and it now seems likely that the warship will be sold for scrap, making the Su-33s leftover useless for
12:30their original purpose, leaving them to be used in land bases instead.
12:34This jet's entire story is one of failure and unrealized potential.
12:38On September 9th, Ukraine delivered the conclusion to the tale of one of the very few Su-33s that exist,
12:44not that it needed to.
12:46Russia seems to be doing a pretty good job of destroying its own fighter jets, regardless of what Ukraine is
12:51doing.
12:52Just a couple of days before Ukraine's September 9th onslaught, the news broke that a pair of Russian Su-35s
12:57had collided with one another in mid-air over Kursk.
13:00Only one of the two pilots involved survived the crash, and it's unknown what caused the collision, leading us to
13:06the possible conclusions of technical malfunctions or pilot incompetence.
13:10Either way, it's not been a good couple of days for the Russian Air Force.
13:13If it's not Ukraine's drones destroying fighter jets, it's Russia itself.
13:18Returning to Novorossiysk, which is an apt way to put it, Russia has had the lesson reinforced that its supposedly
13:23safe haven is now well within range of Ukraine's drones and missiles.
13:28This isn't a lesson that needed to be repeated, as Ukraine's long-range weapons have made multiple visits to this
13:34port in 2026 alone.
13:36August 12th saw another attack, which shut down a pair of grain terminals, and we've already told you about the
13:41series of strikes against the Admiral Essen before this latest attack, all of which occurred at Novorossiysk.
13:46It's not that Russia isn't learning the lesson here. Russia's problem is that there is no other option, especially when
13:53it comes to ports where it can keep the Black Sea fleet.
13:55Sevastopol is out of the equation, as it's more vulnerable than Novorossiysk, and Russia can't get its fleet out of
14:01the Black Sea region.
14:02Turkey controls the two straits leading in and out, and it has banned warships from passing through them for as
14:08long as the war in Ukraine rages.
14:10That leaves Novorossiysk, which is one of Russia's largest ports and now a very obvious target.
14:15It's not just the presence of warships that draws Ukraine to Novorossiysk either.
14:19That mention of it being one of Russia's largest ports should clue you into the fact that Novorossiysk is a
14:24key export hub that is part of a supply chain that sends billions of dollars into the Kremlin coffers every
14:29year.
14:30According to the Moscow Times, Novorossiysk accounts for 20% of Russian oil exports.
14:36Which is such a large amount that a Ukrainian attack that forced operations to be suspended at the port back
14:41in November caused a 2% spike in oil prices.
14:45Russia's oil and gas revenue for 2025 was $108 billion, Euromiden press reports.
14:51If we assume a 50-50 split, which likely isn't accurate, that means Novorossiysk accounted for at least $10.8
14:57billion in oil trade and likely much more in 2025.
15:02IntelliNews adds that Novorossiysk is Russia's last functioning Black Sea port, as well as one of only a handful of
15:08ports that Russia can use year-round.
15:10Whenever Ukraine's drones come to visit, oil and grain terminals get shut down, fires are caused, and Russian exports slow
15:17to a crawl.
15:17That's the entire point.
15:19A Neptune missile hitting the Admiral Essen is great for grabbing headlines, and if Ukraine can sink that ship, another
15:25Russian main missile threat goes down the tubes.
15:28But what Ukraine really wants to do is make Novorossiysk a no-go zone for the ships sailing in and
15:33out every day.
15:34Ukraine has the drones.
15:36It also has the sitting duck target that it has established it can hit with many strikes over the last
15:40year or more.
15:41Now Ukraine just has to keep pounding away.
15:44Constant strikes against a Black Sea fleet that has nowhere to go, and export infrastructure that is vital to the
15:50Kremlin,
15:50will ensure that Russia absorbs the maximum cost possible for its actions in Ukraine.
15:55The Black Sea and the Sea of Azov are under Ukraine's fire control, and the same can now be said
16:01of Novorossiysk, just as it was of Sevastopol.
16:04Not bad for a country that doesn't even have a navy.
16:07And if it's not ships and export infrastructure that are getting hit hard, it's domestic logistics.
16:12Ukraine's strikes against Russia's equivalent of Amazon are also causing billions of dollars of damage, as well as ruining a
16:19major company.
16:2081% of Wildberry's warehouse space has been wiped off the map, and you can find out why that matters
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