Ukraine war latest: Massive fire seen at Russian oil port after Ukrainian drone attack

The Russian Defense Ministry said air defense units destroyed a total of 283 Ukrainian drones on Sunday. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine about the attack.

Kiev says its drone strikes against Russian energy infrastructure are retaliation for Russian attacks on its power grid. Russia is attacking Ukraine’s electricity and heating infrastructure.

Nearly 60,000 people were left without power after Russia’s overnight airstrike on Ukraine’s border region of Zaporizhia, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday, while two people were killed in the southern region of Odessa.

Drone debris was found in five settlements in the Tuapse municipal district, damaging the windows of some flats and houses. The regional administration said no injuries were reported, although the railway station in Tuapse suffered some minor damage.

Russia’s aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia said on Telegram that the overnight attack led to the temporary closure of several Russian airports, mainly in the south and west of the country, for security reasons.

Ukraine’s military launched a drone attack on the Tuapse oil terminal, an official with Ukraine’s SBU domestic security service said on Sunday. The official said five drone strikes hit an oil tanker, loading infrastructure and nearby port buildings.

The port is home to the Tuapse Black Sea oil terminal and a Rosneft-controlled oil refinery, which Ukraine has targeted in several drone attacks this year.

It was not immediately known whether the terminal was operating after the attack, with authorities saying its buildings and other infrastructure were damaged.

The export-oriented Tuapse plant, which has a processing capacity of 240,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd), produces naphtha, fuel oil, vacuum gasoil and high-sulfur diesel.

It mainly supplies to China, Malaysia, Singapore and Türkiye.

A Ukrainian drone attack damaged at least two foreign ships and oil terminal infrastructure at Russia’s key Black Sea port of Tuapse on Sunday, as Kiev seeks to undermine Russia’s war efforts by targeting its energy infrastructure.

Ukraine has been attacking Russian oil refineries, depots and pipelines for several months to undermine the Russian economy, and some media have reported that Western intelligence agencies helped Kiev in the attacks.

Russian officials said two foreign ships were damaged in the attack on Tuapse, one of the largest oil terminals on the Black Sea, which caused a fire.

“As a result of a drone strike on the port of Tuapse on the night of November 2, two foreign civilian ships were damaged,” the emergency operations headquarters of the Krasnodar Territory said in a statement.

Unverified footage on Russian and Ukrainian Telegram news channels showed a terminal and a tanker burning at night. Reuters could not independently verify the reports.

The operational headquarters said there were no casualties among the ships’ crews and all fires were extinguished but there was damage to “the terminal’s buildings and infrastructure”.

Two North Korean POWs detained in Ukraine have promised to return to South Korea, according to a human rights organization that interviewed them.

About 10,000 Pyongyang troops were sent to fight for Russia in the war against Ukraine in 2024.

It is estimated that approximately 2,000 North Korean soldiers were killed in the battle and many more were captured.

During an interview for a documentary last week, two POWs asked the producer “to take them to the south,” said Jang Se-yul, head of the rights group.

According to independent Russian media outlet Verstka, more than 100 kindergartens across Russia have begun teaching military skills to young children.

The report said nurseries were teaching children to march “in a playful manner” and practicing hand-to-hand combat. This was highlighted in the latest Ukraine intelligence update from the UK Ministry of Defense (MOD).

The report said these programs are aimed at promoting patriotism and awareness of military fundamentals among children.

Nearly 60,000 people in Ukraine have been left without power after an overnight airstrike on the Russian border region of Zaporizhia, Ukrainian officials said today.

As winter approaches, Russia has stepped up its attacks on Ukraine’s power grid.

Emergency crews in Kiev are struggling to repair the damage and restore power across the region.

Meanwhile, officials said two people were killed in Russian attacks in the southern region of Odessa.

At least two people were killed in a drone strike in Ukraine’s southwestern Odessa region, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday.

Elsewhere, Russia continued to attack the country’s energy infrastructure.

A Russian drone struck a car park in the Odessa region on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast early Sunday, killing two people, according to the state emergency service.

Odessa regional governor Oleh Kiper said three others were injured.

Thousands of residents were left without power after Russia attacked the border Zaporizhia region with drones and missiles overnight Sunday.

Regional governor Ivan Fedorov said about 60,000 people suffered power outages and two people were injured in the attacks. He posted pictures of buildings reduced to debris on Telegram.

As a result of the attacks on Ukraine’s power grid, several areas faced power outages on Sunday, Ukraine’s national energy operator, Ukrainergo, said.

According to the Security Service of Ukraine, Kiev’s drones and missiles have targeted about 160 oil refineries and extraction facilities across Russia in 2025.

About 20 attacks were carried out in September and October alone, said Vasil Maliuk, head of the secret service.

Maliuk said, “These are legitimate military goals. Oil extraction and refining account for about 90 percent of Russia’s defense budget. These are dirty petro-rubles financing the war against us.”

Two foreign civilian ships were damaged in an overnight Ukrainian drone strike off the Russian Black Sea port of Tuapse, local officials said Sunday.

He did not name the ships but said there were no casualties. The fire that broke out after the attack has been extinguished.

Earlier officials had said the attack damaged and set fire to a tanker and infrastructure at a major oil terminal in Tuapse.