HUR strikes Kalibr-carrying frigate Admiral Essen in Novorossiysk
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The Admiral Essen frigate is a carrier of Kalibr cruise missiles, which Russia uses to attack Ukrainian infrastructure. (Photo: HUR / Telegram)
Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck the Kalibr cruise
missile-carrying frigate Admiral Essen during an attack on Russia’s
naval base in Novorossiysk on the night of Sept. 9, HUR reported.
HUR’s Active Operations Department carried out the attack
with other Defense Forces units.
The hits sparked a fire in the ship’s superstructure.
The Admiral Essen carries Kalibr cruise missiles, which
Russia regularly uses to strike Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure.
Strikes on Novorossiysk
Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck the Novorossiysk naval base
in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai on the night of Sept. 9. The attack destroyed
several Russian vessels, including missile carriers.
On the night of Aug. 12, the city also came under a
large-scale drone attack. Zelenskyy called the operation unique, saying the
Defense Forces for the first time simultaneously deployed Palianytsia, Peklo
and Bars missile-drones, a Long Neptune missile, nine types of drones, and
Sargan and Mamai uncrewed boats. The targets were more than 300 kilometers from
the front line.
The General Staff said the attack hit Project 11356 frigates
Admiral Makarov and Admiral Essen, both Kalibr missile carriers, as well as a
Project 21631 Buyan-M small missile ship and the Project 22160 patrol ship
Vasily Bykov.
The CyberBoroshno OSINT project reported that the Defense
Forces also struck the port’s grain and oil terminals in that attack. As a
result, all three of the city’s grain terminals halted operations — the
Novorossiysk Grain Terminal, NKHP and KSK — which have a combined handling
capacity of about 26.1 million metric tons of grain per year.
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