A fourth fire in two weeks broke out in Tuapse after a drone attack.

A drone attacked the Tuapse seaport; there were no casualties. 128 people are involved in extinguishing the fire, according to the Krasnodar Krai task force. Previous fires, which took several days to extinguish, occurred after drone attacks on April 16, 20, and 28.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on April 28, a drone attack caused a fire at an oil refinery in Tuapse. Residents were evacuated from the area surrounding the refinery; the governor of the Krasnodar Krai announced the evacuation of approximately 70 people. The smell of burning from the third drone-related fire since mid-April can be felt beyond Tuapse, according to local residents. Some fled the city, fearing the health risks of combustion products. On the morning of April 30, authorities reported that the fire at the oil refinery had been extinguished.

A fire broke out at the Tuapse sea terminal following a drone attack, the Krasnodar Krai task force reported today. 128 personnel and 41 pieces of equipment, including those from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, have been deployed to extinguish the fire. Special and emergency services are working to extinguish the fire.

The operational headquarters confirmed that there were no casualties.

The head of the municipality, Sergei Boyko, announced a drone attack alert on his Telegram channel at 6:54 PM Moscow time on April 30; by 9:27 AM, he had not released any updates on the alert.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that from 8:00 PM Moscow time on April 30 to 7:00 AM Moscow time on May 1, air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 141 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the Belgorod, Kursk, Bryansk, Rostov, Kaluga, and Smolensk regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea, and the Black and Azov Seas. The report did not specify how many of them were shot down over the Krasnodar Krai.

Furthermore, on April 24, after the breakthrough An oil spill occurred in the Black Sea due to rising water levels in the Tuapse River due to booms. Authorities declared the spill "local," but the oil spill spread to nearby villages. Fuel oil has spread over a large area, and it is being cleaned up mainly by volunteers, local residents told the "Caucasian Knot" on April 26.

The oil spill that entered the Black Sea after the drone attack in Tuapse is expanding, and the environmental outlook for the coast is bleak, as are the prospects for the resort season, scientists noted.

Materials about the consequences of the fuel oil spills in the Kerch Strait and Tuapse have been collected by the "Caucasian Knot" on the page "Eco-disaster in Kuban". Data on the scale of coastal pollution was collected by the Caucasian Knot in the reference material "Fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait".