A Ukrainian drone attack has killed one person and triggered a large fire at a sea terminal in Temryuk, in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region, regional governor Veniamin Kondratiev said on Saturday. Ukraine’s military and the SBU security service said the Temryuk strike was part of a broader overnight operation that hit multiple energy facilities inside Russia including the Tamanneftegaz oil and gas terminal in Krasnodar and an oil processing and pumping site in the Volgograd region.
According to the SBU, Ukrainian drones struck five fuel tanks and two oil‑loading stands at Tamanneftegaz, sparking fires across the freight depot and storage areas. The same port was targeted in late May, when Kyiv said it hit a gas terminal there.
In the Volgograd region, a separate strike ignited a fire in an industrial zone in the Kotovo district, regional authorities confirmed. Governor Andrei Bocharov did not disclose the extent of the damage or identify the facilities involved. Ukraine’s General Staff later said its forces had targeted an oil processing and pumping facility near Kotovo that feeds Russian refineries and export pipelines.
The attacks come as Ukraine intensifies its campaign against Russia’s energy infrastructure, a strategy aimed at disrupting fuel supplies and pressuring Moscow as peace talks remain frozen more than four years into the war.
The region has already faced significant disruption. On June 1, Reuters reported that the Lukoil‑owned Volgograd refinery halted operations after a Ukrainian drone strike on May 29.
With Kyiv escalating long‑range strikes and Moscow vowing retaliation, the conflict’s battle over critical energy assets continues to deepen.
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