9 April 2026
On the night of April 9, Ukrainian drones attacked “one of the enterprises” in the city of Krymsk in the Krasnodar Krai, according to Veniamin Kondratyev, head of the region. According to him, a man was killed by falling debris in a village near the city. Local residents heard more than 20 explosions over the course of an hour, Shot reports.
According to eyewitness videos analyzed by Astra, the Krymskaya Linear Production and Dispatch Station (LPDS) was attacked. A fire broke out after the drones arrived. The station pumps oil and petroleum products through the Tikhoretsk-Novorossiysk 2.3, Krymsk-Grushovaya, and Krymsk-Krasnodar main oil pipelines, as well as the Tikhoretsk-Novorossiysk 1 oil product pipeline. From the Krymskaya LPDS, oil and petroleum products are sent via pipelines to the port of Novorossiysk and the Ilsky and Afipsky oil refineries. The station is part of Chernomortransneft JSC and is one of the largest in the Krasnodar Krai.
According to the regional task force, drone debris also damaged the roof of a private home in Slavyansk-on-Kuban. There were no injuries. Furthermore, as Shot reports, explosions were heard during the drone attack in the suburbs of Krasnodar, the southern part of the city, and several villages in the Seversky district. In the village of Mekkerstuk, a drone crashed onto a private home, causing serious damage. Krasnodar and Gelendzhik airports have been grounded since the evening of April 8.
According to a Russian Defense Ministry report, a total of 69 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russian regions on the night of April 9. The drones were intercepted over Krasnodar Krai, Astrakhan and Kursk Oblasts, and the Sea of Azov.
Since mid-last year, the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Ukraine) have focused on attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure. On April 6, Ukrainian drones attacked the Sheskharis terminal in Novorossiysk, Russia’s largest oil export hub on the Black Sea, through which approximately 700,000 barrels per day pass. According to Reuters, operations at the terminal were suspended following the attack. Prior to this, Ukrainian forces also attacked Russia’s largest oil ports on the Baltic Sea—Primorsk and Ust-Luga.