Russia reports a huge Ukrainian drone attack against the strategic port and the logistics center
London – The Russian Defense Ministry said it had shot 130 Ukrainian drones on Tuesday evening until Wednesday morning, in what seems to be among kyiv’s greatest strike in Russian territory.
Moscow said 85 Ukrainian drones had been killed in the Southern Russian region of Krasnodar Krarai, with 30 others on Crimea. Eight other drones were killed above the Azov Sea, five above the Black Sea and one in the regions of Bryansk and Kursk, the ministry said.
The drones above Krasnodar seemed to be massaged around the port of Tuapse of the Black Sea, which is between the city of seaside resort of Sochi and the Russian naval base in Novorossiysk.
Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said several houses in the Krasnodar Krai region had been damaged by drone strikes or falling debris.
In this document photo taken on February 24, 2025 and published by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on February 25, 2025, Allied leaders visit an exhibition of the latest drones in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Handout / Ukrainian Presidential Press Ser
Andriy Kovalenko, head of the counter-proformation center, operating within the framework of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, said on Telegram that the Russian authorities “reported an attack on the sea port in Tuapse”, that ‘He described as “one of the main cargo ports of the Russian Federation on the Black Sea.”
“There is an oil terminal there – one of the most important in Russia,” added Kovalenko. “Petroleum and oil products are transported in the port, which makes it important to the Russian energy industry.”
Kovalenko said the port deals with large volumes of coal, mineral fertilizers, metal products and cereals, more serves as a rail center and logistics for central and southern Russia regions.
The firefighters work on a site of a Russian drone strike in the kyiv region in Ukraine on February 26, 2025.
Ukrai State Emergency Service / Via Reuters
“The port plays an important role in supporting military logistics,” Kovalenko wrote. “It is used to transport equipment, ammunition and fuel for military needs. It provides logistical support to ships in the Russian Black Sea fleet, in particular those involved in the war against Ukraine.”
The Air Force of Ukraine, on the other hand, reported another night of Russian cross -border attacks on Tuesday evening. The Air Force said that Russia had drawn 177 drones in Ukraine, 110 of which were slaughtered and 66 were lost in flight.
The Air Force reported commitments in the Kyiv, Kharkiv, Kirohrad and Sumy regions.
