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Russian authorities reported a fire on the Sochi waterfront following an attack attributed to Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) on the evening of September 9. Krasnodar Krai's operational headquarters said 28 people were injured, including two children, with three adults and one child remaining hospitalized as of September 10; eyewitness videos showed a beachfront building engulfed in flames. The attack came amid a broader wave of Ukrainian long-range and maritime strikes, which also included a drone strike that killed a woman in Voronezh and a separate strike on the Caspian Sea port of Makhachkala. The incidents add to a growing pattern of Ukrainian attacks reaching deep into Russian territory and coastal cities.