💥 Attack

A nighttime drone (UAV) attack caused a fire at the Tuapse oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The fire was extinguished by regional police.

May 17, 2024 Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai

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Ukrinform Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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Entities

Tuapse oil refinery (location) Tuapse (location) Russia (organization) Shahed-136 drone (weapon_system) Novorossiysk port (location) Ukraine (organization) Black Sea Fleet (military_unit) Novorossiysk Fuel oil terminal (location) Transneft terminal (location) SBU (organization) Ukrainian military intelligence (organization) Tuapse refinery (location) Rosneft (organization) RN-Tuapsinsky refinery (location) Rosneft Oil Co. (organization) Security Service of Ukraine (organization) Main Intelligence Directorate (organization) Ukrainian armed forces (organization) Importpischeprom terminal (location) Gazprom oil depot (location) Grushovaya Balka oil depot (location) Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) (organization) Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) (organization) Ukrainian drones (weapon_system) Novorossiysk sea trade port (location)

Source Reports

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Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

A fire broke out at the Tuapse oil refinery following an UAV attack

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

The drones were reportedly launched from the Russian port town of Primorsko-Akhtarsk, located on the coast of the Sea of Azov, and from Russia's Kursk Oblast.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense (HUR) are behind the massive drone attack on Russian regions targeting oil depots in occupied Sevastopol and cities of Tuapse and Novorossiysk

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian drones attacked the oil refinery in Tuapse on May 17, 2024. Local residents filmed the moment of impact and air defense operations.

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian drones attacked Tuapse oil refinery again, forcing shutdown after fire.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:17:06.485Z

Source story: 3864707-fire-breaks-out-at-oil-refinery-in-russias-tuapse-following-nighttime-attack