Drones attack Tuapse port and oil refinery, fires break out - video

UAV attack damaged one of the piers at the port of Tuapse and equipment at a local oil refinery. Fires broke out at the strike sites.

“A fire at one of the piers was promptly extinguished,"  the statement said.

"The fire at the refinery site was also put out, covering an area of about 300 square meters.”

Two people were injured in the attack.

Earlier reports said that a series of loud explosions was heard overnight in Krasnodar Krai. Local residents reported a drone attack and a fire at an oil facility in Tuapse.

The Telegram channel Exilenova+ reported that the strike ignited the AVT-12 unit at the refinery — a key component of primary oil processing responsible for atmospheric and vacuum distillation of crude oil.