A Ukrainian drone attack set an oil tanker ablaze and damaged oil-loading facilities in Russia’s Black Sea port of Tuapse, home to a key Rosneft refinery.
Drone fragments damaged the deck of the vessel and forced the crew to evacuate, according to a statement on the Telegram channel of the regional emergency services.
Ukraine has intensified strikes on Russian energy infrastructure from refineries to crude pipelines to sea terminals in recent months, while the Kremlin has stepped up attacks on Ukraine’s gas and power networks ahead of winter.
Rosneft runs a transshipment terminal near its Tuapse refinery with a capacity of about 17 million tons per year, according to the oil company’s website. The terminal is mainly used for the export of fuel oil, naphtha and diesel produced at the company’s Tuapse, Saratov, Achinsk and Samara refineries, it said.
The Tuapse refinery has a capacity of about 240,000 barrels per day.
The press service for Rosneft didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment sent by WhatsApp outside normal business hours.
Rosneft was sanctioned on the US last month along with Lukoil PJSC as US President Donald Trump’s latest peace attempts floundered.
Ukraine’s military intelligence on Saturday claimed a strike on a fuel pipeline in the Moscow region, calling it a “serious blow” to Russian military logistics.
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Published on November 2, 2025