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During a massive attack on Novorossiysk on November 14, drones from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) destroyed four S-400 anti-aircraft missile system launchers, a source told the Operational Armed Forces of Ukraine and UNIAN. According to the SBU source, the attack was carried out by long-range drones from the Alpha Special Operations Center, which struck a military unit of the 1537th Red Banner Kuban Cossack Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment of the 51st Air Defense Division.
"There were approximately 12 S-400 Triumph air defense missile system launchers deployed at the military unit. It is highly likely that they were also damaged in the attack," the source noted. Also in Novorossiysk, according to satellite imagery, "two important radars" were destroyed, including a 96N6 ("Cheese Board") early warning radar and a 92N6 ("Grave Stone") target acquisition radar. Furthermore, on November 15, Ukrainian forces struck a Russian military train near the town of Tokmak in the Zaporizhzhia region, as well as a group of Russian Armed Forces troops near Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported .
The Ukrainian military did not provide further details, but they also confirmed the strike by Ukrainian drones on the Ryazan Oil Refinery, which supplies fuel to the Moscow region, among other areas, reported on the morning of November 15. "Numerous explosions and a significant fire were recorded at the facility," the General Staff stated.
In addition to gasoline and diesel fuel, the plant produces jet fuel, liquefied gases, and other petroleum products, as well as approximately 840,000 tons of aviation kerosene for the Russian Aerospace Forces per year, the report states.
In addition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to destroy the Nebo-U radar station, which is part of the Russian air defense system, in Crimea, the General Staff reported.
On the night of November 14, during an attack on Novorossiysk, Ukrainian drones also hit the port's oil terminal (Sheskharis), one of the largest on the Black Sea, damaging infrastructure, pipelines, and pumping units. Following this, Transneft halted oil pumping to the Novorossiysk port, Reuters sources reported.
