Overview
- Reuters reported Tuesday that crude loading at the Sheskharis terminal in Novorossiysk was suspended after a large drone attack and fire, with sources also saying Ust-Luga loadings have been halted since last week.
- Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces and the General Staff said they struck oil depots in occupied Feodosiia and Hvardiiske and destroyed Russian Buk and Tor air-defense systems and a Zoopark-1M radar in recent operations.
- Ukraine’s Air Force said it neutralized 99 of 119 drones launched overnight into Thursday, though strikes still damaged energy sites including a power substation in Odesa region.
- The General Staff logged 164 combat clashes over the past day with the Pokrovsk sector the most active, and Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said units there repelled 260 attacks over the past week.
- Cross-border spillover intensified as debris from downed drones killed a man near Novorossiysk in Russia’s Krasnodar region, and analysts warn extended outages at Novorossiysk and Ust-Luga could slow some Russian fuel exports.