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In Crimea, drones attacked an oil depot in Sevastopol

UA NEWS 18 April 2026 08:39
In Crimea, drones attacked an oil depot in Sevastopol

In the temporarily occupied Crimea, drones attacked an oil depot near Kozacha Bay in Sevastopol. The strike caused a fire.

This was reported by the so-called “governor” of the city, Mikhail Razvozhayev.

“The smoke visible in the Gagarinsky district is from a burning tank containing fuel residues in the Kozacha Bukhta neighborhood. According to preliminary information, the fire was caused by a downed drone,” he said.

Videos have been posted on social media showing a large-scale fire in the area of the local port.

Information regarding the consequences of the attack and possible damage is being clarified.

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On the morning of April 18, drones attacked an oil refinery in the city of Novokuybyshevsk in Russia’s Samara Region. The strike caused a fire at the facility.

In the Russian city of Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai, explosions were heard on the night of April 16 amid a drone attack. The strikes may have hit the tanks of the Tuapse oil refinery, which belongs to Rosneft.

As a reminder, on the morning of April 15, Ukrainian “Lyuty” strike drones attacked a petrochemical plant in the city of Sterlitamak, located in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russian Federation.

As a reminder, in Sterlitamak, Bashkortostan—one of the centers of the Russian Federation’s chemical and petrochemical industries—an attack was recorded on facilities that may be linked to the production of components for military equipment.

Also, last night, the temporarily occupied Crimean Peninsula came under a massive drone strike.

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