Ukrainian drones strike causes fire at oil terminal in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai – sources

Iryna Balachuk, Iryna Hrychyshkina - 17 February, 14:20

Tamanneftegaz oil terminal’s facilities on google.maps. Screenshot

Drones launched by the Special Operations Centre Alpha, part of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), have struck the Tamanneftegaz oil terminal in Russia's Krasnodar Krai for the second time in the past month, sparking a fire on the night of 16-17 February.

Source: Ukrainska Pravda sources in the SSU

Details: Russian local Telegram channels reported a series of explosions in Krasnodar Krai overnight.

"The drone attack triggered a fire at the oil transshipment facility," a source in the SSU told Ukrainska Pravda.

The source said that the previous SSU strike on the terminal had been carried out less than a month ago, on 22 January. Drones damaged process pipelines at the piers as well as several tanks containing vacuum gas oil and fuel oil. The estimated damage from that attack amounted to about US$50 million.

Tamanneftegaz CJSC is one of Russia's largest ports in the Black Sea region, handling shipments of oil, gas and ammonia. Its tank farm for storing oil products and liquefied gas exceeds one million cubic metres.

Background: Ukrainian defence forces previously struck the Tamanneftegaz oil terminal on the night of 14-15 February.

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