RUSSIA, TUAPSE, Apr. 28 — In the night, the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces attacked an oil refinery in Tuapse, a Russian city located on the northeast shore of the Black Sea, for the third time in a month, said the press service of the Unmanned Systems Forces.

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Army also confirmed the attack. They said that the Tuapse refinery played an important role in supplying the Russian forces during their combat missions on Ukrainian territory.

On Apr. 16, Ukrainian forces conducted the first attack on the Tuapse refinery, causing a massive fire that burned for several days. The second one was on Apr. 20 — the attack damaged the area of port infrastructure where Russians stored products intended for export. Both attacks destroyed 24 and damaged four reservoirs, the Unmanned Systems Forces said.

The consequences of the Ukrainian attack on the refinery on Apr. 28 are still being assessed.

At the same time, the Operations Headquarters of the Krasnodar Region in Russia reported that falling drone debris caused fire within the refinery. There were no casualties reported.

Russian OSINT analysts said that Ukrainian drones attacked a reservoir park next to the ELOU-AVT-12 unit. 

According to Unmanned Systems Forces, Russia constructed ELOU-AVT-12 unit as part of modernization of the plant in 2013 — it is capable of processing up to 12 million tons of oil per year.

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