Drone attack causes fire at Russia’s Tuapse refinery, authorities say

(Reuters)

MOSCOW, April 28 – Ukrainian drones attacked Russia’s Tuapse oil refinery on the Black Sea, causing a ​fire, authorities said on Tuesday.

It ​was the latest of repeated drone attacks ⁠in the past few weeks on ​the Rosneft (ROSN.MM), opens new tab-owned refinery and the port of ​Tuapse that led to an oil spill at sea and a blaze that took several ​days to put out.

The refinery, which ​delivers oil products mainly for exports, had stopped ‌operations ⁠from April 16 after a drone attack, industry sources have said.

Ukraine has ramped up its strikes on Russia since ​March as ​the ⁠U.S.-brokered peace talks have been paused with Washington mainly focusing ​on the war in Iran.

The Tuapse ​refinery ⁠has annual production capacity of about 12 million metric tons, or 240,000 barrels ⁠per ​day, turning out naphtha, ​diesel, fuel oil and vacuum gasoil.

(Reuters)

MOSCOW, April 28 (Reuters) – Ukrainian drones attacked Russia’s Tuapse oil refinery on the Black Sea, causing a ​fire, authorities said on Tuesday.

It ​was the latest of repeated drone attacks ⁠in the past few weeks on ​the Rosneft (ROSN.MM), opens new tab-owned refinery and the port of ​Tuapse that led to an oil spill at sea and a blaze that took several ​days to put out.

The refinery, which ​delivers oil products mainly for exports, had stopped ‌operations ⁠from April 16 after a drone attack, industry sources have said.

Ukraine has ramped up its strikes on Russia since ​March as ​the ⁠U.S.-brokered peace talks have been paused with Washington mainly focusing ​on the war in Iran.

The Tuapse ​refinery ⁠has annual production capacity of about 12 million metric tons, or 240,000 barrels ⁠per ​day, turning out naphtha, ​diesel, fuel oil and vacuum gasoil.