Ukraine Drone Strikes Tuapse Refinery : ce que l'on sait

Over the past couple of weeks, Tuapse has been hit by a series of three Ukrainian drone strikes targeting its refinery, one of the largest in Russia. Ukraine Drone Strikes Tuapse Refinery s'impose comme l'un des sujets qui mobilisent l'attention en United Kingdom ce jeudi.

Les faits

• Over the past couple of weeks, Tuapse has been hit by a series of three Ukrainian drone strikes targeting its refinery, one of the largest in Russia.
• list 1 of 4Ukrainian drones strike Russia’s Tuapse refinery for third time.
• Ukrainian drones have again hit oil infrastructure in the city of Perm in central Russia, more than 1,500km from the front line.
• “The repeated strikes on Tuapse – three times in under two weeks – show that Ukraine is carrying [out a] sustained campaign mode, where compounding damage prevents recovery, the same pattern that targeted the Primorsk and Ust-Luga ports in the Baltic Sea in March.
• Ukraine is likely to continue and probably escalate this campaign, particularly as domestic drone production scales up and as these attacks systematically degrade Russian air defences to enable strikes deeper into Russian territory.”

L'essentiel

Dans le détail, list 1 of 4Ukrainian drones strike Russia’s Tuapse refinery for third time.

Sur le fond, Ukrainian drones have again hit oil infrastructure in the city of Perm in central Russia, more than 1,500km from the front line.

“The repeated strikes on Tuapse – three times in under two weeks – show that Ukraine is carrying [out a] sustained campaign mode, where compounding damage prevents recovery, the same pattern that targeted the Primorsk and Ust-Luga ports in the Baltic Sea in March.

Au-delà de ce constat, Ukraine is likely to continue and probably escalate this campaign, particularly as domestic drone production scales up and as these attacks systematically degrade Russian air defences to enable strikes deeper into Russian territory.”

Reste à préciser que Residents near a burning refinery in Tuapse are told to leave, and the Kremlin accuses Kyiv of destabilising global energy markets.

Les chiffres

À noter par ailleurs : By the end of the April 20 attack, at least eight storage tanks at the refinery lay destroyed, the spilled petroleum leaking into the nearby Tuapse River from where the current carried it into the Black Sea, spreading along the coast.

Plus précisément, Ukraine's military confirmed the latest drone strike, saying such refineries helped fund Russia's full-scale invasion launched in 2022.

Dans la foulée, In a phone call with President Trump, Putin proposed a ceasefire on 9 May, the anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in WW2.

À ce stade, despite Moscow's downplaying of the seriousness of the attacks, on Wednesday the Kremlin announced it was paring back its yearly military parade to mark Victory Day - the defeat of Nazi Germany in WW2, on 9 May - due to what it said was the "terrorist threat" from Ukraine.

Ce qui se dit

“Tactically, refineries make good targets for an attritional drone campaign – they are large, fixed, and difficult to defend,” observed Witold Stupnicki, senior analyst for Europe and Central Asia at Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED).

“Environmental disasters will happen in Russia until Russians begin demanding changes at the system level, and not just blaming Ukraine for what happened.”

“It’s an environmental disaster,” said Solovev, who drove from Sochi, 116km (70 miles) down the coast, to join the effort.

Le contexte

Reste à préciser que a major Russian oil refinery on the Black Sea has been hit for the third time this month by Ukrainian drones, causing a "massive fire" and forcing the evacuation of people living nearby, local officials have said.

À noter par ailleurs : Earlier strikes in the past two weeks at the Tuapse refinery caused a big oil spill in the sea and residents reported "black" rain falling on the city and leaving an oily residue everywhere.

Plus précisément, In a statement, Ukraine's military confirmed it had again hit the Tuapse refinery, as part of concerted efforts to "reduce the military-economic potential of the Russian aggressor".

Dans la foulée, Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) said the target in Perm was an Lukoil-owned oil refinery.

À ce stade, the attack on the Lukoil facility in Perm is the latest in a series of successful strikes launched by Ukraine on Russian oil infrastructure in response to Russia's continued aggression.

Recherches associées

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À retenir

• A major Russian oil refinery on the Black Sea has been hit for the third time this month by Ukrainian drones, causing a "massive fire" and forcing the evacuation of people living nearby, local officials have said.
• The attack on the Lukoil facility in Perm is the latest in a series of successful strikes launched by Ukraine on Russian oil infrastructure in response to Russia's continued aggression.
• Earlier this month a number of strikes were carried out on oil infrastructure in the city of Tuapse on the Black Sea, leading to significant oil spills.
• Recherches qui explosent : Guerre en Ukraine : fuite d’hydrocarbures en mer Noire, pollution de l’atmosphère... Pour la troisième fois, le dépôt pétrolier russe de Touapsé est frappé par des drones ukrainiens, Une pluie toxique tombe sur une ville de Russie après une frappe ukrainienne contre une raffinerie, L'Ukraine frappe une nouvelle fois la raffinerie de pétrole russe de Touapsé, Les frappes ukrainiennes de drones imposent un coût considérable à la Russie.