Oil terminal is burning in Russia's Novorossiysk after drone attack – photos, video

An oil terminal has caught fire in the city of Novorossiysk in Russia's Krasnodar Krai after a drone attack.

Source: Krasnodar Krai Operational Headquarters; Astra, a Russian media outlet; Russian Telegram channels

Details: Russian authorities as always claimed that the fire at the oil facility had been caused by "falling drone debris".

Quote from the operational headquarters: "There are no casualties. Several maintenance and office buildings have caught fire. Drone debris also fell on the premises belonging to the fuel terminal."

Details: The operational headquarters later claimed that two people had been injured.

Russian Telegram channels reported that a fire had broken out in Novorossiysk following what they described as a "Ukrainian attack".

According to an Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) analysis by Astra, the Sheskharis transshipment complex is likely on fire.

For reference: The Sheskharis transshipment complex is the largest oil loading facility in southern Russia and is part of the structure of Chernomortransneft, a subsidiary of Transneft. The facility handles the reception, storage and export loading of oil and petroleum products onto tankers.

Update: Astra later reported that, according to its OSINT analysis, the Grushovaya Balka oil depot is burning.

The report added that the Sheskharis complex is the final point of Transneft's main oil pipelines in Krasnodar Krai. The transshipment complex includes two industrial sites – Grushovaya and Sheskharis – located 12 km apart.

Background:

• On the night of 1-2 March, a large-scale fire broke out at the Sheskharis oil terminal in Novorossiysk following a drone attack. Ukraine's Defence Ministry later confirmed the strike on the facility.
• On the evening of 6 April, Russian authorities in Novorossiysk again reported that a drone attack took place.

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