Russia's Taman port damaged by Ukrainian drone strike


MOSCOW, Feb 15 (Reuters) - ⁠Russia's Black Sea port of Taman, which ⁠handles oil products, grain, coal and commodities, has ‌been damaged by a Ukrainian drone attack, the governor of Russia's Krasnodar region said on Sunday.

Two people were injured as ​an oil storage tank, warehouse ⁠and terminals took damage ⁠in Volna village, the site of Taman port, ⁠Veniamin Kondratyev ‌said in a post on Telegram.

Kondratyev said that more than 100 people were ⁠working to put out several fires at ​the port.

Separate ‌strikes on the resort city of Sochi and ⁠the village ​of Yurovka, close to the seaside town of Anapa, had caused less significant damage, he added.

Ukraine's general ⁠staff said on Sunday that ​it had struck the port complex. Kyiv has resumed attacks on Russian energy infrastructure in recent days after ⁠a U.S.-brokered moratorium on such strikes expired.

Russia has repeatedly targeted energy and utility infrastructure in Ukraine, cutting off heating and electricity to hundreds of ​thousands of people in the ⁠midst of an unusually cold winter.

Industry sources said that ​about 4.16 million metric tons ‌of oil products were shipped ​through Taman last year.

(Reporting by ReutersEditing by Guy Faulconbridge, William Mallard and David Goodman)

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