Ukrainian drone strikes spark fires at multiple Russian fuel and port sites

A drone attack sparked a fire at an oil depot in the village of Poltavskaya in Russia’s Krasnodar region, local authorities said. Emergency crews were deployed, and a road between Poltavskaya and Trudobelikovsky was temporarily closed.

Ukrainian long-range drones executed a strike against strategic maritime port complexes in the Temryuk district of Russia’s Krasnodar Krai. Regional authorities confirmed that the attack resulted in one fatality and three injuries, igniting a blaze that required nearly 100 first responders to contain. Independent monitoring channels and military advisors reported direct hits at the Tamanneftegas liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) terminal and adjacent transport infrastructure used to supply Russian occupation forces.

Russian authorities said a drone attack triggered a fire at the Afipsky Oil Refinery in Krasnodar Krai, a strategic energy facility repeatedly targeted during the war. Officials also reported civilian casualties and damage in Krasnodar, while explosions, fires, and possible strikes on military-linked sites were reported across occupied Crimea. Ukraine had not commented on the attacks at the time of publication.

The Ukrainian military on Monday targeted several Russian military, logistics and fuel infrastructure sites overnight, including the Grushovaya oil depot in Krasnodar Krai. Open-source monitoring channels reported a major fire at the facility, which forms part of the strategically important Sheskharis oil terminal near Novorossiysk.

Black smoke billowed over St. Petersburg after a Ukrainian drone strike sparked a fire at an oil terminal, according to Ukrainian and Russian officials. The attack came days before President Vladimir Putin is due to attend a major economic forum in the city.

Ukrainian long-range strike drones executed another wave of attacks against the Russian Federation’s fuel and logistics infrastructure late Friday night. The multi-region operation successfully targeted an oil depot in Armavir, Krasnodar Krai, igniting a massive blaze on the property. Concurrently, strike assets breached defensive screens in the port city of Taganrog, Rostov region setting fire to a commercial tanker ship, an administrative facility, and a primary fuel reservoir.