Russian Oil Port Burns After Drone Strike While Moscow Reports Incoming UAVs

Drones struck the port of Temryuk in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai overnight on December 25, igniting oil product storage tanks and triggering a large fire that spread across roughly 2,000 square meters, according to Russia’s Krasnodar Krai operational headquarters on December 25.

“Two oil product tanks caught fire at the port of Temryuk as a result of a UAV attack,” the officials said. The blaze reportedly was contained but required a major emergency response.

“Seventy personnel and 18 units of equipment are involved in firefighting efforts, including crews from the Main Directorate of Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations for Krasnodar Krai,” the regional operations headquarters said.

The drone threat in the region had been declared earlier in the evening and remained in effect after midnight, according to Russian emergency alerts.

At the same time, officials in Moscow reported drone activity near the Russian capital. Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin claimed that air defenses destroyed multiple drones overnight that were “attacking Moscow.”

According to Sobyanin, four drones were allegedly intercepted shortly after 2:00 a.m. local time. He later reported additional interceptions at 2:06 a.m., 2:08 a.m., and again at 2:20 a.m., bringing the total to eight drones he said were downed overnight.

Russian authorities did not report casualties in either incident.

Earlier, strike drones attacked the Efremov Synthetic Rubber Plant in Russia’s Tula region, triggering a fire at the industrial facility.

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