Russia’s Admiral Makarov frigate damaged in Ukrainian drone strike in Novorossiysk
Russian frigate Admiral Hryhorovych hit by Ukrainian drones on April 6, 2026 (Photo: Video screenshot / Madyar / Telegram)
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces struck a Russian frigate in the port of Novorossiysk and the Syvash drilling platform overnight, commander Robert “Madyar” Brovdi said, in one of the latest attacks on Russia’s Black Sea assets on Apr. 6.
Updated at 14:28. Madyar clarified that the vessel in question is the frigate Admiral Makarov, not Admiral Hryhorovych as previously reported. It is also a carrier of Kalibr cruise missiles.
According to Defense Express, the Admiral Makarov, a Project 11356R Burevestnik frigate, was the last surviving Russian missile frigate equipped with Kalibr missiles in the Black Sea.
On March 2, Ukraine’s Defense Forces critically damaged another Project 11356R Burevestnik frigate, Admiral Essen. A third ship, Admiral Hryhorovych, has not been in the Black Sea since 2021, analysts said.
The operation was carried out by the 1st Separate Center of the SBS together with the Security Service of Ukraine. The extent of damage to the frigate is being assessed by intelligence, Madyar added.
“Air defense missile launches were carried out directly from the frigate as it approached the target, but that did not prevent us from striking it,” the SBS commander wrote.
He also said the SBS, together with the Ukrainian Navy, successfully struck the Russian offshore drilling platform Syvash.
Overnight on April 6, reports said drones attacked Novorossiysk in Russia’s Krasnodar Oblast. OSINT analysts reported a hit on the Sheskharis oil terminal and a fire.
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