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Ukrainian Drones Strike Russian Oil, Torch Tuapse Refinery

4/29/2026

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Ukrainian drones struck a Russian oil pumping station near Perm and set fire to the Tuapse refinery on April 29, 2026.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine extended its strike range by 170 % and oil throughput fell at Primorsk, Ust-Luga and Novorossiysk.
Russia’s defence ministry said it intercepted 98 Ukrainian drones on April 29, 2026.
Ukrainian officials said raids injured eight in Kharkiv, killed 60-year-old woman in Sumy and damaged hospital in Odesa on April 29, 2026.

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Ukrainian drones struck a Russian oil pumping station near Perm and set fire to the Tuapse refinery on April 29, 2026.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine extended its strike range by 170 % and oil throughput fell at Primorsk, Ust-Luga and Novorossiysk.
Russia’s defence ministry said it intercepted 98 Ukrainian drones on April 29, 2026.
Ukrainian officials said raids injured eight in Kharkiv, killed 60-year-old woman in Sumy and damaged hospital in Odesa on April 29, 2026.