💥 Attack

Ukrainian forces struck an oil terminal in Novorossiysk using jet-powered drones and Neptune cruise missiles.

November 25, 2025 Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai

Verified Independently confirmed by 3 sources

Kyiv Independent Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Post

Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.

Entities

Neptune (weapon_system) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Tuapse oil refinery (location) Veniamin Kondratyev (person) S-400 (weapon_system) SBU (organization) S-300/S-400 (weapon_system) Russia (organization) Ukraine (organization) Tuapse Marine Oil Terminal (location) SBU Alfa special-operations unit (military_unit) Sheskharis oil terminal (location) S-300 missile system (weapon_system) S-400 missile system (weapon_system) Project 1171 landing ship (weapon_system) Black Sea Fleet (military_unit)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Beyond Taganrog, the attacks targeted an oil terminal in Novorossiysk

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) sources told Ukrainian news agency RBK-Ukraine on November 25 that SBU and other Ukrainian elements struck military and logistics facilities at the Novorossiysk Port in Krasnodar Krai

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

The attack damaged the Sheskharis oil-loading terminal.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

The operation was carried out by the SBU's Alfa special-operations unit with Ukraine's Security and Defense Forces using long-range drones.

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Extracted: 2026-02-20T04:42:18.564Z

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