An oil refinery in the city of Tuapse in Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation was attacked on the night of July 22 as a result of an operation by the Main Intelligence Agency of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine; a fire broke out at the facility.

According to military intelligence sources, an unmanned aerial vehicle in the sky over Tuapse was detected at about 3:30 local time. According to local public reports, during the first wave of the attack, enemy air defense tried to shoot down four kamikaze drones at once. Later, at about 6:25, at least two more powerful explosions were heard in the area of ​​the refinery, after which a fire broke out in the facility.

In total, at least eight UAVs are reported to have attacked the refinery. According to the propaganda media outlet Russia Today, the oil refinery infrastructure was damaged as a result of the hit.

The extent of damage to the military-industrial complex of the aggressor state is still being clarified.

The Tuapse Refinery is a Russian oil refinery in Krasnodar region, operated by RN-Tuapse Oil Refinery LLC. The plant forms a single production complex with the marine terminal of the petroleum product supply enterprise of PJSC Rosneft - RN-Tuapse Marine Terminal LLC.

About 90% of the company's products are exported. The refinery is part of the Rosneft oil company, its capacity is about 12 million tonnes per year.