Inferno at Tuapse: Ukrainian Drones Smash Strategic Russian Energy Hub
Ukraine widened its pressure campaign against Russia’s energy infrastructure overnight, striking the Black Sea port of Tuapse in an attack that killed at least one person and…
Ukraine widened its pressure campaign against Russia’s energy infrastructure overnight, striking the Black Sea port of Tuapse in an attack that killed at least one person and triggered multiple fires at one of the country’s key export hubs.
The assault hit the strategic port city early Monday and appeared to focus on the Rosneft-owned Tuapse refinery, a major processing and export site that had only recently recovered from another drone strike days earlier. Fires from the previous attack had just been extinguished when the new wave of strikes hit, underscoring both the persistence and the timing of Ukraine’s campaign.
Local officials said the attack damaged several parts of the…



