MOSCOW, Sept 25 (Reuters) - The Caspian Pipeline

Consortium (CPC) said on Thursday that it had suspended tanker

loading operations following a Ukrainian drone strike on the

southern Russian port of Novorossiisk on Wednesday.

The loading was later resumed after the alert in the city

was lifted.

A Ukrainian drone strike on the southern Russian port city

of Novorossiisk killed two people and wounded six on Wednesday.

CPC office in the city was struck in the attack, with two

employees among those injured, CPC said.