Satellite images confirm damage to the Sheskharis oil terminal in Novorossiysk, showing impacts on berths and critical oil loading infrastructure. The site is one of Russia’s largest and most strategic export hubs.

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Russian losses per 07/04/26 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff

+980 men
+4 ACVs
+65 artillery
+3 MLRS
+2 AD systems
+1945 UAVs

Ukrainian air defenses shot down or suppressed 77 of 110 drones launched by Russia overnight on April 7, including about 70 Shahed UAVs. Impacts were recorded at 14 locations, with debris at 9 sites.

Russian forces struck a bus with an FPV drone in central Nikopol, killing 3 people and wounding 12 as civilians boarded and waited at a stop, local authorities said.

Satellite images show damage to pipelines and berths No.1 and No.2 at the Novorossiysk oil terminal, including areas near loading control nodes and valve systems. A Project 11356R frigate at the naval base was also damaged in the attack.

Additional analysis: the Russian Project 11356R frigate in Novorossiysk was hit at least twice, with strikes near Kalibr launch systems and the bow section. Damage appeared limited, though crew may have been affected.

The port of Ust-Luga is again on fire as of this morning. Ukrainian drones attacked the port overnight.

Ukrainian aviation carried out multiple airstrikes on Russian positions in Basivka, Sumy region.

Russian drones struck government buildings in Chernihiv region, hitting the city council in Pryluky and a tax office in Novhorod-Siverskyi, causing fires and damage to state institutions.

A Ukrainian armed sea drone equipped with a machine gun, caught in the lens of a Russian UAV.

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Ukrainian strikes hit the Russian frigate Admiral Essen again in Novorossiysk on April 6. Identification was confirmed by distinctive radar coloring and vessel positioning, distinguishing it from other Project 11356R frigates.

Ukrainian drone operators destroyed a Russian Pantsir-S1 air defense system in the rear of Zaporizhzhia region, a key Russian air defense asset worth about $15 million.