Ukrainian drone attack on Russian oil refinery causes major fire, officials sayThe blaze at the Black Sea Tuapse site, where operations were already halted due to a previous attack, led to the evacuation of some streets1-MIN READ1-MIN1ListenPublished: 7:35pm, 28 Apr 2026A Ukrainian drone attack has caused a “large-scale fire” at Russia’s Tuapse-oil-refinery" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="121009" data-entity-type="location">Tuapse oil refinery on the Black Sea, forcing the evacuation of nearby buildings, local officials said on Tuesday.The Rosneft-owned refinery delivers oil products mainly for exports but operations have been halted since April 16 following an earlier drone attack, industry sources said.Ukraine did not immediately comment on the reports.Select VoiceSelect Speed0.8x0.9x1.0x1.1x1.2x1.5x1.75x00:0000:001.00x
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Ukrainian drone attack on Russian oil refinery causes major fire, officials say
A Ukrainian drone attack has caused a large-scale fire at Russia's Tuapse oil refinery on the Black Sea, forcing the evacuation of nearby buildings. The Rosneft-owned refinery delivers oil products mainly for exports and operations were already halted since April 16 following an earlier drone attack.
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A Ukrainian drone attack has caused a large-scale fire at Russia's Tuapse oil refinery on the Black Sea, forcing the evacuation of nearby buildings. The Rosneft-owned refinery delivers oil products mainly for exports and operations were already halted since April 16 following an earlier drone attack. The blaze occurred at the site where operations were suspended due to the previous incident. Local officials reported the fire, which led to the evacuation of some streets in the area. Ukraine did not immediately comment on the reports. The cause of the latest attack is currently unknown.
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Ukraine did not immediately comment on the reports of the drone attack.
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The Tuapse refinery delivers oil products mainly for exports.
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The fire at the refinery forced the evacuation of nearby buildings and some streets.
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A Ukrainian drone attack caused a large-scale fire at Russia’s Tuapse oil refinery on the Black Sea.
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Operations at the Rosneft-owned refinery have been halted since April 16 following an earlier drone attack.
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