2025-11-02 11:55, updated 2025-11-02 13:07
publication
2025-11-02 11:55
update
2025-11-02 13:07
Ukrainian forces carried out a drone attack on a Russian oil terminal in the Black Sea port of Tuapse in the Krasnodar Krai, a representative of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on Sunday.
As he emphasized, as a result of five drone attacks, the tanker, loading infrastructure and nearby port buildings were damaged.
Earlier, the authorities of the Krasnodar Krai reported on Telegram that in Tuapse “parts of an unmanned aircraft fell on the tanker, damaging the deck superstructure.” As added, a fire broke out on the unit and the crew was evacuated.
Russian local authorities added that the attack damaged two foreign ships, but there were no injuries and the fire had already been extinguished.
In the port of Tuapse there is a Black Sea oil terminal and an oil refinery controlled by Rosneft. For now, it is not known whether the terminal is still operational after the attack. However, according to the authorities, its buildings and other infrastructure were damaged.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that air defense destroyed 164 Ukrainian drones on the night from Saturday to Sunday over Russian territory, Crimea and the Black and Azov Seas, including 32 over the Krasnodar Krai.
Tanker fire after Ukrainian drone attack
A Ukrainian drone attack on the night from Saturday to Sunday caused a fire on a tanker and infrastructure in the large oil terminal of the Russian Black Sea port of Tuapse, the authorities of the Krasnodar Krai announced on Telegram on Sunday morning.
“In the port of Tuapse, fragments of an unmanned aircraft fell on the tanker, damaging the deck superstructure,” the statement said.
As added, a fire broke out on the unit and the crew was evacuated.
In the port of Tuapse there is a Black Sea oil terminal and an oil refinery controlled by Rosneft. For now, it is not known whether the terminal is still operational after the attack. However, according to the authorities, its buildings and other infrastructure were damaged.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that air defense destroyed 164 Ukrainian drones on the night from Saturday to Sunday over Russian territory, Crimea and the Black and Azov Seas, including 32 over the Krasnodar Krai.
mw/ sp/
