Explosions in Russian port city after reported Ukrainian attackpublished at 10:36 GMT
10:36 GMT
Emma Pengelly & Fridon Kiria
BBC Verify and BBC Monitoring
Image source, Telegram/Supernova+Image caption,
This verified image from a video uploaded to Telegram which shows a large fireball at the port
Images of large explosions in the Black Sea port city of Novorossiysk in Russia’s southern Krasnodar Territory surfaced online last night, after a reported Ukrainian attack.
We’ve verified two videos showing a fireball on the southern coast of the city, as well as a photo of a blast in the general direction of Novorossiysk port to the east.
We’ve geolocated all the footage by matching road layouts, business signs, car parks and fencing to street-level images on public mapping tools.
The locations of the explosions also match heat signatures picked up by Nasa’s satellite-based platform Firms yesterday and this morning.
Krasnodar Territory governor Veniamin Kondratyev says on Telegram that Novorossiysk saw the most impact from drones in the region, including debris damaging at least four apartment blocks, two private homes and injuring one man.
He adds that fragments also hit an oil depot, a cargo container terminal, coastal facilities and a civilian vessel, wounding three crew members.
Russia’s Defence Ministry says its air defences “intercepted and destroyed” 216 Ukrainian drones, including 66 downed over Krasnodar Territory.
Ukraine has not yet commented on the reported strikes.