BREAKING NEWS: Russia’s key oil port Novorossiysk has halted operations after a Ukrainian drone attack, Reuters reports.

According to Reuters, Russian oil transportation monopoly Transneft has stopped supplying oil to the port.

Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk halted oil exports on Friday following a Ukrainian drone attack , Reuters reported , citing informed sources.

At the same time, the Russian oil transportation monopoly Transneft stopped oil supplies to Novorossiysk.

Journalists note that Transneft declined to comment on the information about the cessation of oil supplies to the port.

According to Reuters , industry sources report that 3.22 million tons of oil, or 761,000 barrels per day, were transported through Novorossiysk in October. For the first 10 months of 2025, this figure stood at 24.716 million tons.

The publication notes that in October, only 1.794 million tons of petroleum products were exported through Novorossiysk, while from January to October this figure was 16.783 million tons.

It is noted that the defeat of Novorossiysk was one of the largest blows to Russia’s oil export infrastructure in recent months.

As a reminder, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced today that Ukrainian forces successfully deployed Long Neptune missiles against specific targets on Russian territory last night.

Attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure

Ukraine has intensified its attacks on Russian energy and oil export infrastructure. As UNIAN reported, on the night of November 14, Ukrainian drones attacked one of Russia’s key oil export ports, Novorossiysk . According to the local task force, the attack damaged an oil depot at the Sheskharis transshipment complex and coastal facilities.

In early November, Ukrainian drones carried out an explosive attack on an oil terminal in Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai. The strike damaged a tanker and port infrastructure.

The Ukrainian Defense Forces are also keeping an eye on enemy energy infrastructure. Specifically, recently, the Kostroma State District Power Plant (GRES), one of Russia’s most powerful power plants, was struck in the city of Volgorechensk in the Kostroma region .

(C)UNIAN 2025