<span style="font-weight: 400;">Ukrainian forces struck the Rosneft-operated Tuapse oil refinery for the second time in four days overnight on April 19 to 20, killing one person and igniting a fire at the tank farm, Ukraine's General Staff confirmed.</span> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Result of UA🇺🇦 counter attack</p> Oil refinery Tuapse destroyed. No resistance. Air defence almost depleted. <a href="https://t.co/LjZPLFP1aj">pic.twitter.com/LjZPLFP1aj</a> — Cyrus (@Cyrusontherun) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cyrusontherun/status/2046136812821708879?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The second strike came hours after Russian crews extinguished the </span><a href="https://www.sofx.com/ukraine-strikes-rosneft-oil-terminal-in-russias-tuapse/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">April 16 blaze</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which burned for three days and required more than 150 firefighters and nearly 50 pieces of equipment to contain.</span> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Russia shifted oil flows to Tuapse after Novorossiysk came under pressure. Now Tuapse is on fire too. ㅤ Overnight, Ukraine struck the Tuapse refinery and nearby oil terminal. Tanks with petroleum products are burning, the fire footprint is large, and local authorities cancelled… <a href="https://t.co/4lon7FaMkE">pic.twitter.com/4lon7FaMkE</a></p> — Meanwhile in Ukraine (@MeanwhileInUA) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeanwhileInUA/status/2044735915793256752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The two attacks targeted the hub Russia had recently activated as a backup. </span><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russias-rosneft-diverts-oil-tuapse-refinery-drone-hit-novorossiysk-port-sources-2026-04-13/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reuters</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on April 13 that Rosneft had diverted crude oil from Novorossiysk to Tuapse after Ukrainian drones damaged the Sheskharis terminal there, disabling two berths and forcing a halt to exports.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">"One man was killed. Another was injured and is receiving medical assistance," Krasnodar Governor Veniamin Kondratyev </span><a href="https://t.me/kondratyevvi/10342"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said on Telegram</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Falling debris also damaged a gas pipeline and shattered windows at a school, a kindergarten, a church, a museum, and an apartment building.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) commander Robert Brovdi confirmed the attack as a joint operation by the USF, Special Operations Forces, and Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR). Russia's Defense Ministry said 112 Ukrainian drones were destroyed overnight.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">In a parallel operation, HUR's "Primari" special unit struck and disabled two Black Sea Fleet landing ships in Sevastopol Bay, the Yamal (Project 775) and the Nikolay Filchenkov (Project 1171), and destroyed a Russian radar station.</span> <iframe style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1469105604869839%2F&show_text=false&width=560&t=0" width="560" height="314" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Ukrainian military intelligence hit two Russian landing ships in Sevastopol Bay. The Yamal and Nikolay Filchenkov were both struck. - GUR <a href="https://t.co/w37BxeKqWc">pic.twitter.com/w37BxeKqWc</a></p> — Polymarket Intel (@PolymarketIntel) <a href="https://twitter.com/PolymarketIntel/status/2046203589450776761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 19 that strikes on Russian oil infrastructure </span><a href="https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/2045913296079884696"><span style="font-weight: 400;">cost Moscow at least $2.3 billion in lost oil revenue</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in March alone, when attacks reportedly disabled approximately 40% of Russia's oil export capacity.</span> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">We are preparing important announcements regarding our security cooperation with partners next week. We do not forget that air defense for Ukraine and support for our army remain constant priorities. More security arrangements are forthcoming. We already have an arrangement on… <a href="https://t.co/JDy2j037wc">pic.twitter.com/JDy2j037wc</a></p> — Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/2045913296079884696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 19, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">We have repeatedly offered Russia a ceasefire at least for Easter. But for them, all times are alike and nothing is sacred. If Russia can afford this war, it will not choose peace willingly. Only significant financial losses force Russia to consider a scenario of abandoning this… <a href="https://t.co/Os7P9EZZuC">pic.twitter.com/Os7P9EZZuC</a></p> — Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/2041230829691515318?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <span style="font-weight: 400;">"If Russia is ready to stop strikes on our energy infrastructure, we will be ready to respond in kind," </span><a href="https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/2041230829691515318"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Zelensky posted on April 6</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Russia has not responded.</span>
