(Replace) January 22, 2026, 1:00 PM GMT: Article up to date with newest from Russian and Ukrainian authorities in second and third paragraphs.
Russia stated Ukrainian drones hit a Black Sea port late Wednesday, setting 4 gas terminals on fireplace and killing two folks.
The fireplace on the facility in Taman within the Krasnodar area was extinguished Thursday morning as 208 personnel and 51 items of apparatus have been deployed, together with models from Russia’s Emergency Conditions Ministry, emergency authorities stated on Telegram. Three port staff have been killed and eight injured, in accordance with a later replace.
Ukraine’s Common Workers confirmed the assault on the oil terminal, which it stated is concerned in provides to Russian navy forces, in accordance with a Telegram assertion.
Taman port is positioned on a peninsula throughout the strait from Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014. The port handles oil, liquefied petroleum fuel, grain, fertilizers and different cargo. It was final attacked in December, when port infrastructure and a number of other vessels have been broken.
Ukraine has been stepping up assaults on Russian property at sea, together with tankers and oil-field platforms. Russia has additionally been often hanging Ukrainian power and civilian targets, leaving hundreds of individuals with out energy, water and heating amid freezing temperatures. It has additionally repeatedly attacked Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa.
The 2 international locations are combating an more and more intense power conflict to achieve significant benefit after months of little motion on the frontlines, and amid persevering with peace talks.
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