It has emerged that Ukrainian forces used domestically produced Neptune missiles to strike the Russian naval base in Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai, on the night of 13-14 November.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Details: The General Staff reported that Ukrainian-made weaponry was used for the strike on the Russian port, particularly Neptune missiles and attack UAVs of various types.

Damage was recorded to valuable port infrastructure and the Sheskharis oil terminal as well as a launcher from an S-400 air defence system and a missile storage site, which was followed by detonation and fire. The extent of the damage is being assessed.

The Sheskharis terminal is one of the largest oil-loading facilities for transshipping oil and petroleum products in southern Russia. It is involved in supplying Russian forces conducting combat operations in Ukraine.

The General Staff also confirmed a strike on the Saratov Oil Refinery in Russia's Saratov Oblast, where explosions and subsequent fires were reported. The facility is used to supply the Russian military. The full impact of the strike is still being assessed.

Additionally, a strike hit the fuel and lubricants storage facility Kombinat Kristall near Engels in Russia's Saratov Oblast, causing explosions in the target area and a subsequent fire at the facility.

Background:

• On 14 November, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine had successfully used a long-range modification of the R-360 Neptune cruise missile, known as the Long Neptune, to strike targets in Russia.
• The Ukrainian Navy has released a video of the missiles being launched.
• A source in the Security Service of Ukraine told Ukrainska Pravda that Russia's second-largest oil export hub – the port of Novorossiysk – had been struck by the Security Service of Ukraine together with Defence Intelligence of of Ukraine, the Special Operations Forces, the State Border Guard Service, the coastal missile and artillery forces of the Navy and other components of Ukraine's defence forces.

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