Evacuation Of The Population Has Begun In The Russian Town Of Tuapse

• 28.04.2026, 11:27

From the area of the drone-hit terminal.

The Russian city of Tuapse has decided to start evacuations due to a fire at an oil refinery (refinery) caused by a Ukrainian drone attack, The Moscow Times writes The Moscow Times.

"Dear residents of Koshkina Street, Pushkina Street and adjacent alleys! In connection with the threat of fire spread, the administration of Tuapse municipal district asks you to evacuate," wrote the city's mayor Sergey Boyko. According to him, people will be taken out by buses to a temporary accommodation center prepared on the basis of local school No. 6.

Governor of the Krasnodar region Veniamin Kondratiev also urged Tuapse residents to evacuate "for safety." He said there was a "large-scale fire" at the refinery, specifying that 164 people and 46 pieces of equipment were involved in the extinguishment, and this grouping would be increased. Ukrainian drones attacked the Tuapse refinery on the night of April 28. According to the authorities, no one was injured. This is the third strike on this refinery in the past two weeks. The previous ones occurred on April 16 and 20 and caused an ecological disaster. Due to a multi-day fire, the concentration of harmful substances in the air exceeded the norm several times, there was "oil rain" in the city, in addition, there was a leak of oil products into the river and the Black Sea. On the eve, the AFU General Staff said that the attacks on the refinery destroyed 24 tanks and damaged four more. The refinery belongs to Rosneft and is among the top 10 largest in the country.