Russia Invades Ukraine
Russia's Smoldering Black Sea Oil Refinery Struck Again
- By RFE/RL
Ukrainian drones have hit the Tuapse oil refinery for the third time in two weeks, sparking a massive blaze and triggering evacuations.
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Local officials are pictured in Tuapse, a Black Sea port in southwestern Russia, on April 28 as smoke from a massive blaze rises in the background. Ukraine launched drone strikes on the oil refinery for the third time in two weeks.
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A fire (top right) burns at the Tuapse oil refinery on April 28. Damage from earlier Ukrainian drone strikes on the facility can be seen at lower left of the image.
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Flames seen inside a building at the Tuapse refinery on April 28.
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Flames rise from the processing plant on April 28 in an image obtained by Reuters from social media.
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An image made on April 16 of the Tuapse refinery ablaze. Strikes made earlier this month on the Russian oil facility have created an environmental crisis in the area, with local residents reporting oil raining from the sky.
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An image made on April 17 showing oil seeping into the waters of the Black Sea following a Ukrainian drone strike.
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Oil storage tanks burn in a satellite image made on April 16.
Tuapse serves as Russia's main oil export terminal in the Black Sea.
Tuapse serves as Russia's main oil export terminal in the Black Sea.
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Storage tanks burn in the Tuapse refinery on April 20.
Ukraine has targeted Russia's oil facilities in recent months apparently seeking to disrupt Moscow's ability to profit from the spike in energy prices caused by the Iran war.
Ukraine has targeted Russia's oil facilities in recent months apparently seeking to disrupt Moscow's ability to profit from the spike in energy prices caused by the Iran war.
