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Black Sea Strikes Intensify as Odessa Records Deaths and Novorossiysk Is Hit

The escalation puts key ports and energy links at greater risk of wider disruption.

Overview

  • Russian and Ukrainian forces traded long‑range drone strikes across the Black Sea coast following Monday's overnight barrages, with both sides touting mass launches and shoot‑downs.
  • In Odessa, local officials said a Russian attack killed three people, including a child, and tore through a high‑rise and nearby homes.
  • In Novorossiysk, the mayor reported eight people hurt, including two children, and damage to six apartment blocks and two houses, as Moscow said a nearby oil terminal was struck.
  • ChernihivOblenergo said a strike damaged a major energy site in the Nizhyn district and cut power to about 340,000 customers.
  • In Russian‑held Luhansk, 41 miners trapped after a substation was hit at the Belorechenskaya mine were later brought to the surface, according to the mine’s owner.