US EditionUkrainian drone attack on Russia's Tuapse port kills two, including teenage girl, governor says
Emergency crews battled fires at the Tuapse Oil Refinery as officials said a woman and child were among the dead and five others were injured.
- On Thursday, April 16, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck the Tuapse Oil Refinery in Russia's Krasnodar Krai, igniting fires visible over the port city during an overnight attack.
- Processing about 12 million tons of petroleum products annually, the Rosneft-owned refinery ranks among the 10 largest in Russia, supplying automobile gasoline and diesel fuel to the military.
- Krasnodar Krai Governor Veniamin Kondratyev reported an "enterprise in the seaport area" was struck by drone debris, with the attack killing two children, ages 5 and 14, in Tuapse.
- Reporting on April 15, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi noted Ukraine hit 76 industrial targets in March, including 15 oil refineries, as forces expand campaigns against Russian infrastructure.
- Strikes also hit Sterlitamak in Bashkortostan on April 15, where regional head Radiy Khabirov confirmed drones targeted an industrial zone more than 1,500 kilometers from the front line.
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Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Tuapse port kills two, including teenage girl, governor says
A major Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Black Sea port of Tuapse killed two people, including a 14-year-old girl, injured seven, and sparked a large fire, Russian officials and media reported on Thursday.
An attack by Ukrainian drones in Tuaps killed two children aged 5 and 14, reported by the Governor of Krasnodar province, Benjamin Condratiev, and two other adults were also injured.
A glamorous night sky over the southern Russian port of Tuapse - the Ukrainian drone attack on one of the largest oil refineries in the country hit a strategic center of the Russian war machine. The blow took place only hours after Putin's attack on Ukraine.
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