Ukrainian drones strike refinery in Russia's Tuapse for 3rd time in month – USF
Operators of the 1st separate center and the 413th Raid regiment of the Ukrainian Strike Forces (USF) in cooperation with other components of the Defense Forces struck the Rosneft oil refinery in the city of Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, for the third time in a month, the USF reported on Telegram on Tuesday.
"The first attack on the facility took place on April 16: key technological units were hit, causing a large-scale fire that lasted several days. Four days later, on April 20, units of the Defense Forces again targeted the port infrastructure area where finished products for export are stored. A fire broke out on the facility’s territory repeatedly. As a result of the previous two strikes, 24 tanks were destroyed and four others damaged. The consequences of tonight’s attack are being clarified," the report said.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in turn, reports that on the night of April 28, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces repeatedly struck the Tuapse refinery with drones, causing a fire at the plant. "This enterprise is involved in supplying the Russian army in Ukraine… The scale of the damage is being clarified," the General Staff reported on Telegram.
In addition, the Ai-Petri radar station of the radio-technical battalion and a number of other Russian objects in occupied territories were hit.
"Our soldiers hit the Ai-Petri radar station of the radio-technical battalion in the area of Okhotnyche in temporarily occupied Ukrainian Crimea. In addition, over the past day, Ukrainian units successfully hit enemy command and observation posts near Molochansk, Stulneve, Kokhane, Uspenivka, and a logistics warehouse in the Kyrylivka area of Zaporizhia region, concentrations of manpower near Velyka Novosilka and Rodynske in Donetsk region, Starobohdanivka in Zaporizhia, and Ovrazhky in occupied Crimea. Among other things, a UAV control point in the vicinity of Hola Prystan in Kherson region was hit," the report said.
