Ukrainian drones halt two grain terminals at Russia's Novorossiysk port
Overnight strikes damaged the Novorossiysk and NKHP grain terminals, cut water supplies to the city, and killed at least two people, including a child.
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Ukrainian drone strikes overnight into August 12 damaged Russia's two largest grain export terminals at the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, forcing both to suspend operations, according to Reuters industry sources and the terminals' owners. The attacks also hit a water pipeline serving the city and killed at least two people in the wider Krasnodar region, underscoring Kyiv's continued campaign against Russian port and export infrastructure amid warnings that such strikes could disrupt global grain supplies.
- Ukrainian drone strikes overnight damaged Russia's two largest grain terminals at Novorossiysk—Novorossiysk terminal (8.5 million tonnes/year capacity) and NKHP (7.1 million tonnes/year)—forcing both to suspend operations.
- The attacks also cut water supplies to the 260,000-person city of Novorossiysk by damaging a main pipeline, and killed at least two people, including an eight-year-old child, in the Krasnodar region.
- Russia's grain lobby had warned last month that such strikes could disrupt Black Sea grain exports, raising prices and hunger risk in Africa and the Middle East.
- No indication the nearby Caspian Pipeline Consortium oil infrastructure was hit; Ukraine reportedly halted strikes on CPC tankers after a request from U.S. Vice President JD Vance.
How it unfolded
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The Reuters story on the dual terminal shutdown continued to spread through news aggregation sites later in the day.
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Mastodon accounts tracking the war shared the Moscow Times headline reporting drone deaths and the terminal halt to wider audiences.
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Straits Times republished the Reuters report confirming both the Novorossiysk and NKHP terminals had suspended operations, with no indication the nearby CPC oil pipeline was struck.
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Moscow Times reported that NKHP, another major grain terminal with 7.1 million tonnes annual capacity, was also damaged and halted, and that Krasnodar governor Veniamin Kondratyev described a "massive" wave of attacks that killed at least two people.
“massive”
Veniamin Kondratyev, Krasnodar governor · Press ↗ -
An industry source told Reuters the terminal had suspended operations while damage was assessed; owner Demetra Holding confirmed damage but gave no details.
“The terminal has suspended operations and an assessment of the damage is underway,”
industry source (via Reuters) · Mastodon ↗ -
A wave of Ukrainian drone strikes hit the southern Russian port city of Novorossiysk, damaging the Novorossiysk and NKHP grain terminals, a main water pipeline, and killing at least two people including a child.
What people are saying verbatim
“The terminal has suspended operations and an assessment of the damage is underway,”
Unnamed industry source, Reuters source · Ukrainska Pravda (via Reuters) ↗ · Aug 11
“massive”
Veniamin Kondratyev, Governor of Krasnodar region · The Moscow Times ↗ · Aug 11
Voices from the web unedited
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🇷🇺 # Russia 's Novorossiysk grain terminal has halted operations as a result of overnight Ukrainian drone strikes, an industry source told Reuters on Wednesday, and Demetra Holding, the terminal's owner, confirmed that the terminal had been damaged in the attack. https://www. reuters.com/world/russias-novo…
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Ukrainian drones hit two of the three grain terminals at Novorossiysk, a Black Sea port central to exports from Russia, the world's biggest wheat supplier. Operations have been suspended at both damaged facilities, sources tell Vedomosti and Reuters. https://www. vedomosti.ru/business/news/202 6/08/12/1220585-dva-zernovih-terminala
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Russian grain terminal in Novorossiysk suspends operations after drone strikes – Reuters https://www. pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/08 /12/8048348/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon