At night, as a result of a massive Ukrainian attack, the territory of military unit 26345, where the 1537th anti-aircraft missile Krasnoznamensky Kuban Cossack Regiment of the 51st Air Defense Division is based, was hit, follows from the analysis of ASTRA photos and videos of the explosion in Novorossiysk.

According to satellite images and open information, the unit is equipped with several C-300/S-400 air defense systems and the Pantsir-S1 air defense missile system. The deployment site is located approximately 600 meters south of the Lenta hypermarket (Grigorieva Street, 1). According to OSINT analyst of ASTRA, the video was filmed from neighboring houses on the same street, and the photo was taken from Murat Ahedjak Street (near the intersection with Boris Pupko Street).

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the attack on a unit with S-400 air defense missile launchers in Novorossiysk. According to the ministry, damage was recorded to the infrastructure of the port and the Sheskharis oil terminal, as well as the S-400 air defense missile launcher and missile storage, followed by detonation and fire.

“The Sheskharis terminal is one of the largest oil loading complexes for transshipment of oil and petroleum products in the south of the Russian Federation. It is involved in providing support to groups of the armed forces of the aggressor state, which are fighting in Ukraine,” the agency notes.