Ukraine hit Russia's Novorossiysk naval base — the Black Sea Fleet's main remaining port — with a combined drone and missile strike overnight.
The confirmed damage list is significant.
The General Staff says three warships hit (minesweeper Zheleznyakov, Kalibr-carrying frigate Admiral Essen, and landing ship Pyotr Morgunov) plus fuel storage.
Ukrainian intelligence and OSINT add frigate Admiral Makarov, a Buyan-M missile ship (assessed inoperable), patrol ship Vasily Bykov, several missile boats, and two air defense radars near Gelendzhik.
Ukraine says a domestically built Neptune anti-ship missile hit Admiral Essen.
Separately, Ukraine struck Makhachkala port on the Caspian — a key Russia-Iran logistics hub.
Zelensky said Ukrainian forces hit eight Russian infrastructure sites "from the Arctic to the Caspian" in the same period.
Satellite imagery from Exilenova+ shows fires and damage consistent with the claims.
This is the deepest sustained pressure on Russia's Black Sea Fleet since Ukraine forced the partial evacuation of Sevastopol.