Did a Ukrainian drone attack kill four people in Novorossiysk in September 2026?

Yes. Krasnodar Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said four people, including one child, were killed and 29 others injured in an overnight Ukrainian drone strike on the Russian Black Sea port city of Novorossiysk on September 9, 2026. Three of the injured were reported in serious condition.

Kondratyev said damage included private homes, apartment buildings, a church, and a kindergarten, and that drone debris also damaged property in nearby Anapa without casualties there. Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defenses shot down 596 Ukrainian drones overnight; Ukraine’s General Staff claimed it struck the Novorossiysk naval base and oil terminal.

Source: Anadolu Agency

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