Ukraine struck several facilities at a Rosneft oil terminal in Russia’s Black Sea port of Tuapse on Thursday, sparking a large fire at the site. Videos and photographs circulating online showed thick smoke rising from the refinery after the reported strike.
SOF struck the Tuapse Oil Refinery and oil sea port terminal in russia’s Krasnodar Krai In a deep-stike attack overnight on April 16. This oil refinery, a Rosneft facility, is one of the largest in russia. pic.twitter.com/1tTlN3Di2S
— SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES OF UKRAINE (@SOF_UKR) April 16, 2026
Russia shifted oil flows to Tuapse after Novorossiysk came under pressure.
Now Tuapse is on fire too.
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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… pic.twitter.com/4lon7FaMkE— Meanwhile in Ukraine (@MeanwhileInUA) April 16, 2026
Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces said the operation, carried out jointly with Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, Security Service and Defence Intelligence, damaged deepwater oil loading arms and pipelines, as well as storage tanks at both the marine terminal and the Tuapse refinery.
Krasnodar Krai Governor Veniamin Kondratyev reported that an “enterprise in the seaport area” was hit by Ukrainian drone debris. He also said the strike hit residential buildings in Tuapse, killing two children, aged 5 and 14.
Two other adults were reported injured. All educational institutions in the city canceled classes for April 16.
Ukraine’s General Staff later confirmed the strike on the Tuapse Oil Refinery in its summary of successful attacks on April 16. “A target was hit, with a subsequent fire at the facility. The extent of the damage is being clarified,” the General Staff stated.
The General Staff estimated the Tuapse Oil Refinery’s output at 12 million tons per year.
Euromaidan Press said this is the ninth reported attack on the facility since Russia’s full-scale invasion began.
Ukraine hit Rosneft’s Tuapse refinery and Black Sea export terminal overnight — for at least the ninth time since Russia’s full-scale invasion began.
What makes Tuapse different: the refinery and the export pier are one Rosneft site, meaning crude is processed and loaded onto… pic.twitter.com/9Z85YBzh9k
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) April 16, 2026
