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Tuapse. On the night of May 1, Ukraine dealt a new blow to Tuapse in the Krasnodar Territory. how I mentioned Regional Operations Headquarters, a fire occurred on the grounds of the Naval Station. More than 100 people and more than 40 pieces of equipment participated in extinguishing the fire. Authorities said no one was injured.
The Ukrainian Public Supervision Service Exelinova+ reported that there were fires on the territory of the station. one or some Tanks with petroleum products. Judging by eyewitness footage, thick black smoke billows into the sky above Tuapse.
The governor of the Krasnodar Territory, Veniamin Kondratyev, did not comment publicly on the new Ukrainian attack on Tuapse. Congratulations on May 1 appeared on his Telegram channel. The governor wished the people of the region that peace, goodness and prosperity would always prevail in their homes.
Ukraine has regularly attacked Tuapse in recent weeks. Since April 16, drones have repeatedly attacked the Tuapse Marine Terminal and the local oil refinery, which are part of the same complex where the terminal is located. Large-scale fires broke out in the city and took several days to extinguish. The recent fire at the oil refinery put out April 30, the eve of a new strike.
Due to fires at oil facilities, the environmental situation in Tuapse deteriorated significantly: the city experienced “oil rains” several times, and oil spills were found in the river and sea (its oil rains) He continues meet). During the recent refinery fire, boiling oil spilled onto a nearby street.
perm. Firefighters continue to extinguish fires that broke out in Perm and the surrounding area as a result of two strikes on Transneft and Lukoil facilities on April 29 and 30, respectively.
The local Telegram channel posted “Perm 36.6.” image and videoWhich indicates that the sky above the city is covered in black smoke. According to journalists, the wind changed its direction and now the smoke is heading towards the southern regions of Perm Territory. “The residents of Perm felt some relief: the smell either stopped or became less.” He writes Channel authors. At the same time in Perm It continues “Oil rain”
In terms of scale and consequences, the environmental disaster in Perm is comparable to what happened in Tuapse, male Ecologists to deploy the agency. One of them, on condition of anonymity, said the smoke and “oil sludge” contained “the most harmful substances – polyaromatic hydrocarbons”, including benzene, a Class 1 carcinogen.
Another expert said that the fires in Perm Territory “may be stronger, and therefore more dangerous, than the fires in Tuapse.” “This is exactly the same fire that broke out in Tuapse, and I believe that the toxic and carcinogenic substances in the air there are the same,” co-chair of the environmental group “Ecodefense”! He told the agency! Vladimir Sliviak.
On May 1, Perm Territory Governor Dmitry Makhonin announced that he had visited a fire extinguishing site at a certain industrial site (it is not clear whether this is a refinery or an oil pumping station). Head of the Regional Administration of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Alexander Urusov, stated that the location of the fire had been identified.
The governor claims that Rospotrebnadzor continues to constantly monitor air quality: “Samples are taken regularly, no excesses of pollutants have been recorded. There is no threat to the population.”
Ukraine is constantly targeting oil facilities in Russia in an attempt to prevent the Kremlin from receiving money to wage war. how Reports Bloomberg, in April, Ukraine carried out the largest number of attacks on oil facilities since December 2025. In just one month, according to agency estimates, Ukraine launched at least 21 strikes on Russian oil refineries, offshore facilities and oil pipeline infrastructure.
In April, as Bloomberg wrote, nine Russian refineries stopped working. Average output from Russian oil refineries fell to 4.69 million barrels per day, the lowest level since December 2009, according to oil analytics firm OilX.
world
Relations between Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and his allies have deteriorated due to the European Union’s opposition to Ukraine’s rapid entry into the bloc. He writes The Financial Times newspaper, citing sources.
According to the sources, senior Ukrainian officials took advantage of the EU leaders’ summit in Cyprus to criticize the European Commission over the pace of the bloc’s expansion and demand the acceleration of Ukraine’s accession.
At the summit, as sources told the newspaper, many European Union leaders tried to lower Zelensky’s expectations. “He had to hear some hard truths,” one interviewer said. “It’s not going to be as easy as he thinks.”
With the United States ending direct military and financial support for Ukraine and the peace process long stalled, the EU remains Kiev’s most important partner, several EU diplomats said. “We are the only friends he has, so it is better for him to keep his mouth shut,” one official said.
War in pictures. Odessa
On the night of May 1, Russian armed forces attacked Odessa using attack drones. The attack caused a fire in two residential buildings. According to the authorities, five people were injured, and 25 residents requested psychological help. The attack also caused damage to infrastructure in the port of Odessa.
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Vladimir (Yekaterinburg). Saturday morning [24 апреля] My family suddenly woke up to a loud explosion, and the house shook. I reassured my pregnant wife as best I could, and we went out onto the veranda – a cloud of smoke rising from the house opposite. No one asked “what happened.”
Somewhere deep in my soul, I reassured myself that Yekaterinburg was far away, that the war would never reach us, and that my son would not have to explain in the morning the reason for this loud explosion. Well, in the fifth year of the conflict, this Rubicon was also crossed.
Unfortunately, no one will be better off because of what has just happened – schadenfreude in Ukraine will continue the bombing, oil companies will only intensify their hatred of the enemy, and opponents of the war will tire of it even more.