Ukraine Attacks Russia’s Tuapse Refinery For 3rd Time, Oil Spill Stretches 48 Miles

A Ukrainian drone strike caused a major fire at a Russian oil refinery in Tuapse on Tuesday.

The Russian President reacted strongly to the incident, stating that Ukraine is increasingly targeting civilian infrastructure, which could have serious environmental consequences.

This was the third attack on the Black Sea Port in less than 2 weeks.

The Ukrainian Military agreed that they had carried out the attack to disrupt Russian oil exports, which help Putin continue his war with Ukraine.

Putin added that the regional Governor Veniamin Kondratyev reported there were no major threats.

“It seems there are no ​serious dangers, and people are managing to deal with the challenges they face on the ground,” he added.

Putin also sent the country’s Emergencies Minister, Alexander Kurenkov, to the site of the incident, and he was quoted by Russian media as saying that the situation was “complicated but controllable.”

Kurenkov also said that the flow of oil into the Black Sea had been stopped using booms and other methods.

Firefighters worked hard to bring the fire under control, and an extra 300-member team was to arrive today.

Russia has also blamed Ukraine for further adding to the global oil shortage by targeting its storage facilities containing oil for export.

The Ukrainian foreign ministry did not respond to these accusations.

In ⁠the past, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had said that Russian exports were not significant enough to affect the global oil prices.

Images circulating online showed black smoke arising from the refinery.

The government has advised people to stay indoors and keep their windows closed.

After the attack, black rain fell on the port town, leaving an oily residue.

The Tuapse refinery had already stopped production on April 16, 2026, as the port had already sustained damage from a previous drone attack, making it impossible to ship the oil.

Three people had also lost their lives in the strikes, and now the last one had resulted in an oil spill.

The head of the Tuapse district, Sergei Boyko, ordered the residents ⁠living near the refinery to take shelter in a school.

Residents expressed their anger on social media, asking why air defences had not been strengthened to prevent a third attack. Others said that the government did not care about their lives.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told local media that they were doing everything they could to combat Ukrainian drone attacks.

Ukraine has, in the past few months, increased its attacks on Russian oil and gas infrastructure.

The U.S. had tried to mediate between the two parties; however, it is now busy with its own war with Iran.

The Tuapse refinery processes 12 million metric tons of oil annually or 240,000 barrels per day.