“(…) A fire attack was carried out on the oil and gas terminal (of the company) Tamanneftegaz near the Volna settlement on the Taman Peninsula in the Krasnodar Krai of the Russian Federation,” the Staff reported in the Telegram messenger.
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Where exactly was the oil and gas terminal hit?
What objects were the targets of Ukraine's attacks?
What does the 'Temp' fuel base in Rybińsk store?
What were the effects of the attack on the Russian port city of Tuapse?
As he explained, the company stores and tranships crude oil, petroleum products and liquefied hydrocarbon gases for export and supplying the Russian armed forces.
A hit on an important fuel base
The General Staff in Kiev also confirmed earlier media reports that long-range drones of the Special Operations Center “Alpha” of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) struck the important “Temp” fuel base in the city of Rybinsk in the Yaroslavl Oblast in western Russia on Wednesday morning.
The Interfax-Ukraine agency wrote with reference to a source in the SBU that this base is part of the system of the Federal State Reserve Agency of Russia (Rosreserv) and is intended for storing large amounts of fuel.
“The city of Rybinsk is a large transit and logistics hub, and the Temp fuel base itself is an important link in the storage and distribution of petroleum products (…),” noted a source in the SBU, adding that video recordings show that after the UAV hits, a large fire broke out at the facility.
“The SBU continues to cut the supply chains of Russian petroleum products with surgical precision – both for export and for the troops attacking Ukraine. This systemic work will continue also in 2026.” – summed up the interlocutor of the Interfax-Ukraine agency.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Russian authorities reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the Russian port city of Tuapse in the Krasnodar Krai on the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, causing a fire at the local refinery. A fire broke out at a plant belonging to Rosneft and was to be quickly extinguished.
According to the Russian side, the attack also caused a fire in the port of Tuapse, which was also supposed to be quickly extinguished. Authorities reported that the attack injured two people and damaged five residential houses.
