Fire and smoke rise at the Tuapse oil refinery near the Tuapse port, following a Ukrainian drone attack, according to Russian officials, in Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video released on April 20, 2026.
| Photo Credit: Social media via Reuters
Russia was struggling to extinguish a fire raging at a Black Sea oil terminal hit by Ukraine earlier this week, local authorities said on Thursday (April 23, 2026), after urging residents to stay home amid harmful toxic emissions.
Kyiv struck oil facilities in the southern town of Tuapse on Monday (April 20, 2026), triggering a huge blaze and sending plumes of thick black smoke into the sky over the coastal city.
Published – April 23, 2026 11:30 pm IST
