A fire broke out at a fuel terminal in the southern Russian city of Novorossiysk overnight on May 23 amid a Ukrainian drone attack, local authorities and media channels reported, KYIV INDEPENDENT reports.
The Grushovaya oil terminal, part of the major Sheskharis Transshipment Complex, was struck by Ukrainian drones, leaving a fire, independent Telegram news channel Exilenova Plus reported.
Meanwhile, the Krasnodar Krai Operational Headquarters claimed that the fire broke out at an unnamed facility as a result of fallen drone debris.
"Several technical and administrative buildings caught fire. Fragments of drones also fell on the territory of the fuel terminal," the Operational Headquarters said in a Telegram post.
The site is a major oil export terminal that serves as the endpoint for pipelines run by Russia's state-run Transneft, the world's largest oil pipeline company.
Two people were injured in the Ukrainian drone attack, authorities reported.
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