A coordinated joint operation by Ukraine’s premier intelligence and special operations branches has inflicted severe structural damage on the largest hydrocarbon transshipment complex in southern Russia, knocking out vital fuel infrastructure and the air defense networks protecting it, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported on Telegram. A Coordinated Elite Intelligence Raid Fulfilling specific operational objectives set out by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, operators from the SBU’s Center for Special Operations “Alpha,” the Special Operations Forces (SSO), and the Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) launched a coordinated drone blitz targeting the “Tamanneftegas” installation.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Located on the strategic Taman Peninsula in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai, the facility is recognized as the largest hydrocarbon transshipment complex in the entire south of Russia. While local Krasnodar Governor Veniamin Kondratyev initially claimed that defensive arrays had intercepted the threat and that a fire only erupted due to “falling drone debris,” the SBU’s official communication painted a different picture of structural destruction. Ukrainian loitering munitions bypassed local defenses to compromise the core operational infrastructure of the terminal. The attack struck and ignited five separate petroleum and liquefied gas storage tanks within the main reservoir park. Furthermore, the drones directly hit two specialized marine loading arms – high-tech mechanical systems used to transfer processed fuel from land pipelines into maritime oil tankers.