Reuters: Russia bans nighttime ship traffic at Novorossiysk port after Ukrainian drone attacks

Russia has closed its largest cargo port, Novorossiysk, to ship traffic each night from midnight to five in the morning. Reuters reports the move came in response to Ukrainian drone attacks on the facility, including strikes on an oil terminal. The port handles roughly a third of Russia's grain exports plus oil shipments—making the nightly closure a significant disruption to one of Moscow's most important maritime routes.

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