Four killed, including child, in Ukrainian drone attack on Novorossiysk PHOTO / VIDEO / UPDATED

Four people, including a child, were killed and another 29 were injured in an overnight Ukrainian drone attack on Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said.

“Our military repelled a massive attack by enemy drones on the region last night. The main strike was directed at Novorossiysk. Unfortunately, four people were killed, including one child. I extend my deepest condolences to their relatives and loved ones. Another 29 people were injured in the city overnight, three of them seriously. They are all receiving medical care. If necessary, we are ready to transfer them to our regional medical centres,” Kondratyev said.

He said the attack damaged three private houses and five apartment buildings in Novorossiysk, as well as an Orthodox church and a kindergarten.

“In Anapa, three private houses and a kindergarten were damaged by drone debris. Most importantly, there were no casualties there,” the governor added.

The circumstances of the attack and the full extent of the damage were still being assessed.

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An apartment building caught fire in the Russian city of Novorossiysk following overnight Ukrainian strikes, according to an OSINT analysis by ASTRA.

During the night of September 9, eyewitnesses posted footage showing fires in several parts of Novorossiysk, Russia. The city’s mayor reported a drone and missile threat, as well as fires at several industrial facilities and near a residential building. According to preliminary information from local authorities, no casualties were reported.

An analysis of eyewitness video footage by ASTRA’s OSINT experts indicated that one of the fires occurred in a residential apartment building.

The identified area contains three apartment buildings, numbered 28, 30 and 32, on Volgogradskaya Street. According to the analysis, one of the buildings was on fire.

By Vugar Khalilov