Large-scale Fire In Russia's Tikhoretsk: Drones Hit Oil Depot
- 12.03.2026, 8:39
One of the largest nodes of Russia's trunk oil pipeline system is on fire.
On the night of March 12, explosions erupted in the town of Tikhoretsk in Russia's Krasnodar region after an air alert was declared. The target of the drone attack was a local oil depot.
The strike resulted in a large-scale fire on the site. This was reported by the monitoring Telegram channel Exilenova+.
Details of the attack
Overnight, UAVs attacked the Tikhoretskaya oil transshipment depot, which is part of OAO Chernomortransneft and is one of the largest and strategically important nodes of Russia's main oil pipeline system.
Witnesses said that in the Tikhoretsky district "a fire broke out on the territory of the oil depot due to falling UAV debris." At the same time, Russians complained that they heard at least 15 strong explosions.
Geolocation data confirms that the fire was recorded directly on the territory of the oil depot.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in Krasnodar Krai said that the total area of the fire on the territory of the transshipment oil depot "Tikhoretskaya" is 150 square meters. Eighty-three people and 26 units of equipment are involved in extinguishing the fire.
The network also reports that in addition to Tikhoretsk, Anapa and Vityazevo were under massive drone attack. Local officials as of 6:00 a.m. did not comment on the UAV attack in these settlements.
What is known about the oil depot
The Tikhoretskaya oil depot is part of the structure of Chernomortransneft OJSC (a subsidiary of Transneft). Its main task is to receive, store and further pump oil coming from different regions towards export terminals on the Black Sea, primarily to the port of Novorossiysk,
The total volume of the tank farm is about 380 thousand cubic meters. The base is connected to railroad tracks and automobile accesses, which makes it a multimodal transshipment hub. Tikhoretskaya oil depot is a crossing point of several major highways. Important sections of oil pipelines, such as the Tikhoretsk-Novorossiysk direction, start from here.