Russian Black Sea Fleet
The Black Sea Fleet is one of the four operational-strategic commands of the Russian Federation's Navy. Its headquarters is in Sevastopol, with additional basing at Novorossiysk. The fleet is responsible for operations in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
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Ukraine serves in absentia notice of suspicion on Black Sea Fleet commander over Kyiv apartment attack
Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) and prosecutors served an in absentia notice of suspicion on Admiral Serhiy Pinchuk, commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, for ordering the 8 July 2024 cruise missile strike on a residential apartment building in Kyiv that killed 13 people including 5 children. Investigators say the strike was carried out with 3M-14 Kalibr cruise missiles launched from the frigate Admiral Makarov and the submarine B-261 Veliky Novgorod in the Black Sea, on the basis of a combat order signed by Pinchuk. The notice was served in absentia because Pinchuk is in Russia.
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Ukraine strikes Russian naval base in Novorossiysk and multiple targets in occupied Crimea and Donbas
On 8 September and overnight into 9 September 2026, Ukraine's Defense Forces struck a series of Russian military targets, including the Russian naval base in Novorossiysk where the Kalibr-carrying frigate 'Admiral Essen' was hit. Other strikes hit a patrol boat in occupied Sevastopol, electronic-intelligence and command-and-measurement antennas in Crimea, and drone storage and ammunition depots in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. Ukrainian officials and OSINT channels reported the damage; the mayor of Novorossiysk acknowledged a fire but attributed it to falling debris.
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Ukrainian drones strike Russian naval base and fuel-oil terminal in Novorossiysk
In the night of September 8–9, 2026, Ukrainian drones attacked the Russian naval base and the Novorossiysk Mazut Terminal in Krasnodar Krai. The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces confirmed the strike on the base and reported fires on its territory and at the seaport's fuel-oil terminal, as well as explosions in ship basing areas. Mayor of Novorossiysk Andriy Kravchenko confirmed drone debris fell on enterprise territories and near a residential building; the governor of Krasnodar Krai later reported 4 killed and 29 injured.