On the night of April 28, Tuapse was attacked by Ukrainian Armed Forces drones for the third time in less than two weeks. UAV debris that fell onto the refinery territory caused a fire. On the instructions of the president, the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Alexander Kurenkov, went to the site and will lead the liquidation of the consequences of the raid.
The unmanned threat was declared in Tuapse on April 28 at 0:51 and canceled at 5:18. Half an hour later, the operational headquarters of the Krasnodar Territory reported a fire at the Tuapse Oil Refinery, which arose as a result of falling debris from a drone.
At about half past nine in the morning, the mayor of Tuapse Sergei Boyko published a post that the fire could spread to residential areas near the oil refinery.
Residents of nearby houses were informed that the evacuation had begun and were offered accommodation at a temporary accommodation center opened at secondary school No. 6. The city authorities have not yet reported any casualties or damage to housing.
In the morning, 164 people and 39 pieces of equipment were involved in extinguishing the fire on the territory of the oil refinery in Tuapse.
Rospotrebnadzor monitors the air condition in the areas adjacent to the plant. Experts admit that the concentration of hazardous combustion products in the atmosphere exceeds the norm, and recommend that city residents not open windows and stay on the streets as little as possible, reports the operational headquarters of the Krasnodar Territory.
The extinguishing of fires at oil storage facilities in Tuapse will be personally supervised by the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Alexander Kurenkov – this order was given to him by Vladimir Putin, said presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov. The Ukrainian Armed Forces’ attacks on the Tuapse port are increasing the shortage of oil on world energy markets, the Kremlin representative noted.
The drone raid on the Tuapse oil refinery on the night of April 28 is the third attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the enterprise and seaport in less than two weeks, where fuel oil, naphtha and diesel fuel are transshipped for export. The previous ones were undertaken on April 16 and 20.
In the first case in Tuapse, 24 private and 6 apartment buildings, buildings of 2 educational institutions and a music school were damaged. A fire started in the harbor. On April 20, UAVs again struck the city port, where the fire resumed. One person died, two were injured. The fire was put out for several days.
There was a spill of oil products near the refinery – they ended up in the Tuapse River and the sea. Smoke from the fires spread over a large area, and combustion products released into the atmosphere caused “black rains” in Tuapse and the surrounding area.
Despite heavy smoke in Tuapse and the surrounding area, liquidation of the consequences of previous UAV strikes continues, reports the operational headquarters of the Krasnodar Territory.
About 360 people and more than 60 pieces of equipment are involved in cleaning the shores of the Black Sea and the Tuapse River. Booms have been installed on the territory of the marine terminal and on the shoreline of the central beach, and oil traps have been installed at the mouth of the Tuapse River.
More than 7 thousand cubic meters were collected from the shoreline and removed for disposal. m of contaminated soil and water-fuel mixture. The operational headquarters reported that the pollution is local.
