Two people were injured in a drone attack in Kuban.

One person was injured in Novorossiysk when drone debris fell on a private home, and another man was injured in the Gelendzhik village of Kabardinka. Sochi Airport is closed to aircraft, and additional restrictions have been introduced at the airports of Krasnodar and Gelendzhik.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," restrictions were imposed at the airports of Krasnodar and Gelendzhik early in the morning of November 23. Later that morning, the military reported that 40 drones had been shot down in the Krasnodar Territory and over the Black Sea.

A drone threat was announced in Novorossiysk and Gelendzhik on the evening of November 24. Around midnight, residents of the Tuapse Municipal District were also warned of the drone threat, followed by residents of Sochi.

Authorities announced shortly after midnight that a 16-story apartment building in Novorossiysk was damaged. According to them, "one corner apartment on the top floor" was damaged, and shrapnel slashed cars, but no residents were injured.

Then the Kuban Operational Headquarters announced that one person was injured when UAV debris fell on a private home in Novorossiysk. "The injured man was hospitalized and is receiving all necessary medical care. Special and emergency services are working at the scene," the official Telegram channel reported.

In another multi-story building in Novorossiysk, three apartments on the 11th and 12th floors were damaged. There were no injuries, and the fire was quickly extinguished, according to authorities. Mayor Andrei Kravchenko announced that a temporary accommodation center has been set up at School No. 29 for residents of the damaged buildings. Additionally, a cafeteria building in the Yuzhny District of Novorossiysk was damaged, with windows shattered.

Another person was injured in a drone attack in the village of Kabardinka (Gelendzhik). A drone damaged two private homes there, and a fire broke out in one of them.

"A man who was outside when the attack was repelled was injured. He sustained a leg wound below the knee. His life is not in danger, and he was hospitalized in a city hospital," the Kuban Operational Headquarters said in a statement.

Additional restrictions were introduced at the airports of Gelendzhik and Krasnodar on the evening of November 24. At 12:46 a.m. Moscow time, Sochi Airport was also closed to aircraft due to a security threat, a Rosaviatsiya representative reported on his Telegram channel. Sochi Mayor Andrei Proshunin soon announced that air defense systems were in operation in the city.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM Moscow time on November 24, 17 Ukrainian drones were shot down over the Black Sea, one over the Krasnodar Krai, and another six over the Sea of Azov.

The "Caucasian Knot" reported that four people were injured in a drone attack in Novorossiysk on November 14. Six residential buildings, an oil depot at the Sheskharis complex, a container terminal, and one civilian vessel in the port were damaged.