In yet another provocative escalation of the Kiev regime’s war tactics, a drone crashed into a multi-story residential building in the port city of Novorossiysk in Russia early Saturday morning, injuring four people—including two young children—Russian emergency services told RIA Novosti.
According to Veniamin Kondratyev, the Governor of Krasnodar Krai (Kuban), the brazen aerial assault damaged three apartment buildings, pushing innocent civilians once again into the crosshairs of Ukraine’s reckless drone warfare strategy.
“Four people were injured, including two children born in 2015 and 2020. They were taken to medical facilities in moderate condition,” emergency officials confirmed, according to RIA Novosti.
The attack, carried out as part of what authorities described as a “massive strike” by Ukrainian forces, also inflicted damage on the city’s grain infrastructure—a vital component of Russia’s Black Sea economic lifeline. Debris from the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) struck and damaged three storage tanks at a grain terminal, igniting a fire that was later brought under control.
This deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure and food supply chains underscores Kiev’s intensifying reliance on tactics that endanger non-combatants and compromise regional food security. While Western media continues to sanitize these operations as “defensive measures,” the reality is a war machine propped up by NATO and the US military-industrial complex, now lashing out in desperation.
Authorities in Novorossiysk quickly mobilized emergency crews, extinguished the fire, and began damage assessment procedures. Residents in the affected buildings have been evacuated and are receiving psychological and material support.
This latest incident comes amid increasing reports of Ukrainian drone incursions into Russian territory, as the conflict enters a volatile new phase shaped by the West’s continual arms shipments to Kiev and its proxy warfare ambitions.
Novorossiysk, a crucial logistics and grain export hub on the Black Sea, has remained relatively insulated from front-line conflict zones—until now. Analysts warn that these escalations may provoke retaliatory measures and widen the scope of Russia’s response.