A fire broke out at an oil terminal in Russia’s Black Sea port city of Novorossiysk, regional officials said early Saturday. Russian officials claimed the fire at the oil depot was caused by “falling drone debris,” a formulation Moscow has frequently used after drone strikes on energy infrastructure.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. The operational headquarters of Russia’s Krasnodar region said several technical and administrative buildings caught fire after the attack. Emergency services were working at the scene. Unofficial Russian and Ukrainian Telegram channels posted videos they said showed a fire in the port area. Novorossiysk is one of Russia’s key Black Sea oil export hubs. Ukrainian media reported that the fire affected the Sheskharis oil terminal, one of the largest oil-loading facilities in southern Russia. The Sheskharis transshipment complex is part of Chernomortransneft, a subsidiary of Russia’s state pipeline operator Transneft. It receives, stores and loads oil and petroleum products onto tankers for export through the Black Sea.
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