Ukraine drone strikes kill two, set oil terminal ablaze as Russia says 177 downed

Temryuk terminal fire

An overnight Ukrainian drone attack against the Temryuk district in Russia’s Krasnodar region set a major port terminal ablaze and left one civilian dead. Governor Veniamin Kondratiev stated that falling drone debris caused a fire at the port facility and that emergency crews were deployed. The terminal, identified by the Ukrainian channel Exilenova+ as Tamanneftegaz, is one of southern Russia’s largest liquefied gas pumping stations. NASA’s fire information system detected two blazes on the Taman Peninsula near the settlement of Volna, where a large transshipment terminal for oil and petroleum products is located.

“Tonight Ukrainian drones attacked the Temryuk district. As a result of falling drone debris, a fire broke out at the port terminal. Unfortunately, one man died.”

Kondratiev added that three people were injured and that 96 firefighters and more than 30 fire engines were working to extinguish the flames. The attack damaged port infrastructure on the Sea of Azov, close to the Kerch Strait that separates Russia from the annexed Crimean peninsula.

Bryansk border strike

A separate death was reported in the Bryansk region, where governor Yegor Kovalchuk said one person was killed and another injured in a border village. Regional emergency authorities stated that 62 drones were destroyed over Bryansk alone during the overnight wave.

Mass interception reported

Russia’s Defence Ministry announced on Saturday morning that air defences intercepted and destroyed 177 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones overnight across 13 regions, including the annexed Crimean peninsula. The claim – which could not be independently verified – underscores the scale of the attack, one of the largest reported drone waves since the full-scale invasion began more than four years ago.

Ukraine’s oil campaign

Ukrainian forces have intensified long-range drone strikes against Russia’s energy infrastructure in recent months. Kyiv frames the campaign as retaliation for Moscow’s mass bombardments and says it aims to disrupt military fuel supplies and reduce the Kremlin’s revenue from fossil fuel exports. The strategy has already prompted Russian occupation authorities to restrict gasoline distribution and led Moscow to impose a ban on kerosene exports.

Civilian toll in Ukraine

Russian strikes on Ukrainian territory continued to exact a civilian cost. One person was killed in an attack on infrastructure in Zaporizhzhia, military governor Ivan Fedorov said. In the Dnipropetrovsk region, governor Olexander Hanscha reported nine people wounded by drone and glide-bomb attacks that damaged apartment buildings, houses and vehicles and set a market alight.