Three killed in overnight attacks on Russian, Ukrainian port cities

Russia’s Novorossiysk ‘endured a horrific night’, with a child killed and dozens of buildings damaged, says local mayor.Published On 12 Aug 202612 Aug 2026Russia and Ukraine have traded deadly overnight drone attacks, killing three people in Ukraine’s southern port city of Kherson and Russia’s Black Sea port city of Novorossiysk, according to regional officials.A Ukrainian drone attack on Novorossiysk overnight Tuesday into Wednesday killed a child, injured another child and woman, and damaged dozens of buildings, including homes, reported mayor Andrei Kravchenko.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Russia frees ex-US marine Gilman jailed since 2022list 2 of 3‘Long-range sanctions’: Ukraine hopes strikes cause Russia fear and losseslist 3 of 3Russia bars only party opposing war in Ukraine from parliamentary voteend of listDrone strikes also damaged the ⁠Novorossiysk ⁠grain terminal, according to the terminal’s owner, Demetra Holding.“Novorossiysk endured a horrific night,” Kravchenko wrote in a post on Telegram.In the broader Krasnodar region, where Novorossiysk is located, eight people were injured, according to the regional governor, Veniamin Kondratyev.Elsewhere, Ukrain...