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Ukrainian Drones Strike Major Russian Oil Export Hub on Black Sea
The strike damaged the Transneft Sheskharis loading terminal and nearby buildings, continuing Ukraine's efforts to disrupt Russian energy exports, with no reported casualties.
- On Sunday, Ukraine's drone operators struck an oil terminal at Novorossiysk port, with open-source researchers identifying the Transneft Sheskharis loading terminal near the Vostochnyy Rayon naval harbor.
- Conducting long-range strikes, Ukraine has targeted Russian oil infrastructure, with the terminal and nearby export sites at Tuapse and Temryuk previously hit last year.
- Four buildings and five private homes were damaged, and no injuries or fatalities have been reported after the overnight strikes, local residents said.
- Recorded strike tallies show four hits on the oil port, one on a fuel oil terminal and two on a railway, while local residents reported an oil refinery burning after several drone strikes.
- The strike is the latest aimed at reducing export revenues and Russian Telegram channel Astra reported the March 1, 2026 attack, damaging four buildings and five homes.
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While Washington urged Kiev to avoid targeting US interests in Novorossiïsk, "Ukraine's defence forces will systematically continue actions aimed at weakening offensive capabilities and reducing the military-economic potential of the Russian aggressor," said the Ukrainian army staff.
Kazakhstan’s Oil Exports Continue Uninterrupted After Black Sea Port Incident
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ALMATY – Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Energy confirmed that an incident at the Sheskharis oil loading terminal in Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk has not affected the country’s oil production or export operations. Photo credit: cpc.ru According to the ministry’s official statement, Kazakh oil production and exports continue as normal, and no disruptions have…
Drone attack ignites Sheskharis oil terminal in Novorossiysk, a key Russian export hub
Novorossiysk came under a drone attack overnight on March 2, igniting the Sheskharis oil terminal, one of the country’s largest export facilities and a site with strategic significance, The Moscow Times reported. A series of blasts rattled the Black Sea port city late on March 1. The first reports of “pops” surfaced in local social media around 10:50 p.m. Kyiv time. Soon after, a fire broke out in the port area, engulfing the Sheskharis oil term…
With many fighting drones Ukrainian forces attacked the port city of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea. Apparently an important oil terminal for Moscow was hit. President Selenskyy still has a good nchricht.
The Russian oil terminal of Shechsar in the south of Novorossiysk has been set on fire after Ukrainian drone attacks. In the port city several people have been injured, numerous houses have been damaged and the emergency has been declared.
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