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Ukraine hits Novorossiysk naval base and grain terminals in massive Black Sea strike
Confirmed
Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that Kyiv had handed proposals to US negotiators for a plan to end the war, which started with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
He said this year Ukraine has two and a half times fewer interceptors than it did in 2025, while "Russia has two times more ballistic missiles per month than they had before. Russia’s Ministry of Defence said it downed and destroyed 502 Ukrainian drones overnight. Three people, including an eight-year-old child, were killed and another 24 injured in the overnight attack, local officials said. In July, the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club (UCAB) reported a 23% decrease in exports. But Zakharova also said that Russia would continue striking "facilities that [Ukraine's armed forces] use on the Black Sea to destabilise the navigation situation" until "the full elimination of threats to security projected to the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea".
A "massive" Ukrainian drone and missile strike on Russia's port of Novorossiysk has damaged two major grain export terminals and hit the last big Russian naval base on the Black Sea, reports say. Three people, including an eight-year-old child, were killed and another 24 injured in the overnight attack, local officials said. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv had launched rockets, jet and naval drones in a "unique operation" to strike the Russian base, although he did not mention grain terminals being hit. Ukraine's military later said four Russian warships, including two frigates, were hit. Russia has not commented on the issue. "The occupying fleet and all the infrastructure
What's confirmed
- Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that Kyiv had handed proposals to US negotiators for a plan to end the war, which started with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
- He said this year Ukraine has two and a half times fewer interceptors than it did in 2025, while "Russia has two times more ballistic missiles per month than they had before.
What's still developing
- Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that Kyiv had handed proposals to US negotiators for a plan to end the war, which started with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.