Overview

• Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Ukraine struck Novorossiysk on September 24, causing two deaths, including a child, injuring 11 and damaging residential buildings, vehicles and the Caspian Pipeline Consortium office.
• Maria Zakharova argued the attack on the KTK undermines third‑country efforts at dialogue and warned it signals risks to European energy infrastructure.
• IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi called his conversation with Vladimir Putin very important and reiterated efforts to avoid any nuclear incident related to the conflict.
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov criticized talk of NATO countries shooting down Russian aircraft as irresponsible and said no convincing evidence of airspace violations has been presented by Estonia or Poland.
• Moscow is tracking the detention and extradition proceedings of Ukrainian citizen Sergey Kuznetsov in the Nord Stream investigation and says it is taking procedural steps.