An evacuation is now being carried out for the safety of the residents of the houses located near the refinery,” the local governor, Veniamin Kondratyev, said in a statement Tuesday.Vyacheslav Prokofyev/KREMLIN POOL

Ukraine hammers Russian Black Sea oil facilities – POLITICO

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KYIV — Ukraine struck Russia’s oil infrastructure in the Black Sea port city of Tuapse for the third time in a month, local authorities said Tuesday.

The city, which declared an environmental state of emergency after previous attacks, reported another major fire at Tuapse’s large oil refinery, which has a processing capacity of about 12 million tons of oil per year.

“There is another serious state of emergency in Tuapse after an attack by enemy drones; a large-scale fire occurred at the oil refinery. An evacuation is now being carried out for the safety of the residents of the houses located near the refinery,” the local governor, Veniamin Kondratyev, said in a statement Tuesday.