Archive · 12 Aug 2026
Drone attack kills child, damages enterprises in Russia's Novorossiysk
Russia and Ukraine are fighting a war.
One night, flying machines called drones attacked a big Russian port city named Novorossiysk.
The drones hit houses and businesses, and sadly a child died and several people were hurt.
Over another city called Sevastopol, soldiers shot down more than three dozen drones, so nobody was injured there.
At the same time, Russia attacked parts of Ukraine.
A shopping mall in the city of Zaporizhzhia caught fire, people lost electricity, and the big seaport of Odesa was damaged.
Russia says it is attacking Ukraine's food and warehouse buildings because Ukraine attacks Russia's ports and energy places.
Ukraine's leader, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, says he gave American negotiators a plan to try to end the war.
An overnight drone attack on the Russian Black Sea port city of Novorossiysk killed a child and wounded eight people, its mayor said.
The attack damaged four enterprises and more than two dozen residential buildings, and another person was killed in the wider Krasnodar region.
In Sevastopol, in Russia-occupied Crimea, more than three dozen drones were downed with only a few houses damaged and no injuries.
Russian strikes set a shopping mall ablaze in Zaporizhzhia, cutting power to some 1,200 consumers, and damaged infrastructure in Odesa.
Moscow said it has intensified strikes on Ukrainian food, agriculture and warehouse facilities in response to Kyiv's attacks on Russian energy, port and logistic hubs.
- Who
- Novorossiysk Mayor Andrei Kravchenko, Krasnodar Governor Veniamin Kondratyev, Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev, Zaporizhzhia Governor Ivan Fedorov, Odesa military administration head Serhiy Lysak, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
- What
- Drones killed a child and wounded eight people in Novorossiysk, damaging four enterprises and more than two dozen residential buildings; Russian strikes also hit a shopping mall in Zaporizhzhia and infrastructure in Odesa.
- When
- Overnight on Wednesday; reported by Reuters on August 12.
- Where
- Novorossiysk and Sevastopol in Russia and Russia-occupied Crimea; Zaporizhzhia and Odesa in Ukraine.
- Why
- The attacks are part of the Russia-Ukraine war; Moscow says it is intensifying strikes on Ukrainian food, agriculture and warehouse facilities in response to Kyiv's attacks on Russian energy, port and logistic hubs.
- Main target
- Novorossiysk, a major Russian oil and grains export port on the Black Sea
- Killed
- A child in Novorossiysk; another person in the wider Krasnodar region
- Injured
- Eight people in Novorossiysk; a few more wounded in the wider region
- Damage in Novorossiysk
- Four enterprises and more than two dozen residential buildings
- Drones downed over Sevastopol
- More than three dozen; only a few houses damaged, no injuries
- Strikes on Ukraine
- Fire at a shopping mall in Zaporizhzhia; power cut to about 1,200 consumers; infrastructure damage in Odesa
- War start
- Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022
- Peace efforts
- Zelenskiy handed end-the-war proposals to U.S. negotiators on Tuesday