Overview

• Ukraine’s General Staff logged 160 engagements on September 24, with the heaviest fighting near Pokrovsk and Lyman, and reported Russian use of 5,846 kamikaze drones alongside 4 missile and 68 air strikes.
• Sources in Ukraine’s military intelligence say maritime drones struck oil transfer sites near Novorossiysk and Tuapse, claiming disruption to Transneft and Caspian Pipeline Consortium facilities.
• Overnight explosions were reported in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai, with air alerts affecting Sochi and Tuapse, and Telegram channels pointing to the EuroChem Belorechenskoye plant as a possible target, though damage was not officially confirmed.
• Civilian impacts included a drone strike and mined exits in Berislav that injured municipal workers, and a Russian drone attack on Nizhyn that left about 30,000 customers without power and triggered emergency water‑supply schedules.
• Regional officials said tens of kilometers of anti‑drone ‘tunnel’ nets now cover key roads in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, while border guards reported intensified shelling in northern regions and the Navy noted unconfirmed indications Russia may be routing fuel over the Crimean Bridge.