Ukraine to keep targeting Russian energy after hitting sea terminal

A Ukrainian drone attack on a sea terminal in southern Russia has killed one person, according to Russian authorities, the latest in a flurry of strikes hammering Russian infrastructure.

Drone debris sparked a fire in part of the facility in Temryuk district in Russia’s Krasnodar region, local Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said on Telegram on Saturday.

He did not give details, but Russian news outlets reported that a Black Sea export terminal transporting terminal crude oil, petroleum products and liquefied gas in the village of Volna was damaged.

Ukraine’s SBU security service said on Saturday that one of its latest attacks targeted the Tamanneftegaz terminal in Krasnodar, describing it as “the largest liquefied hydrocarbon transshipment complex in southern Russia”.

The SBU said the strikes hit five fuel tanks and two oil loading stands, sparking fires in the area of the terminal’s freight transport depot and storage facilities.

The attack is part of an intensified Ukrainian campaign against Russian energy infrastructure , including refineries, depots and pipelines deep inside the country, which has exacted pain on the Russian economy more than four years into the war.

On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged that Ukrainian strikes are “causing us damage,” but said Russia would recover quickly and escalate its own attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure.

Separately, Ukraine’s military claimed to have hit an oil processing and pumping facility near the town of Kotovo in Russia’s Volgograd region, causing a fire. Russian authorities said a strike had caused a fire in an industrial part of the area.