A Ukrainian drone attack caused a major fire at a Russian oil refinery in the city of Tuapse on Tuesday (April 28), officials said, in the third attack on the Black Sea port in less than two weeks.

Ukraine's military confirmed it had carried out the attack, the latest in an intensified series of strikes designed to disrupt Russia's oil industry and slash revenues that help Moscow to fund the war in Ukraine.

Russia's Krasnodar region governor Veniamin Kondratyev released footage where he and firefighters walk nearby burning oil reservoir which is said to be leaking burning oil.

The refinery halted production on April 16 because of drone damage to the port that made it impossible to ship its production, industry sources told Reuters. At least three people have been killed in the strikes, according to officials, and one of them led to an oil spill at sea.

The head of the Tuapse district, Sergei Boyko, on Tuesday ordered people living near the refinery to evacuate by bus to a local school.

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TUAPSE, KRASNODAR REGION, RUSSIA (APRIL 28, 2026) (VENIAMIN KONDRATYEV - Mandatory on-screen credit 'Veniamin Kondratyev')

1. SMOKE RISING, KRASNODAR REGION GOVERNOR VENIAMIN KONDRATYEV WALKING

2. KONRATYEV WALKING

3. FIRE AND SMOKE SEEN FROM DISTANCE

4. KONDRATYEV LISTENING TO FIREFIGHTER, FIREFIGHTER SAYING: "There was boiling and a release of petroleum products from tank No. 3, causing burning oil to spill onto the road. Several vehicles were damaged." KONDRATYEV SAYING: "Is the situation under control now?" FIREFIGHTER SAYING: "Now it’s under control."

5. KONDRATYEV WALKING TO SMOKE

6. SMOKE RISING

7. KONDRATYEV SPEAKING TO FIREFIGHTER

8. KONDRATYEV WALKING TO SEA

9. VARIOUS OF KONDRATYEV SPEAKING TO PEOPLE WHO CLEAR OIL PRODUCTS FROM SEA SHORE

10. KONDRATYEV WALKING