Ukrainian Drones Ignite Fire at Russian Black Sea Oil Refinery

Last night, a Ukrainian drone attack ignited a fire at an oil refinery in Tuapse, a Black Sea city in Russia's Krasnodar region, according to local authorities and reports from Reuters. The refinery, operated by the Russian state-owned energy company Rosneft, was struck by drones connected to Ukrainian intelligence, a source from the Ukrainian defense sector confirmed.

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In a separate incident, the governor of Russia's Belgorod region reported that a Ukrainian drone killed one man and injured his wife. This marks a continuation of the recent surge in missile and drone attacks between Kyiv and Moscow, with both sides increasingly targeting energy infrastructure.