Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Tuapse port kills one


MOSCOW, April 20 (Reuters) - ⁠A major Ukrainian drone attack on ⁠Russia's Black Sea port of Tuapse ‌sparked a fire and killed at least one person, Russian officials said on Monday, just hours after ​a blaze was doused in ⁠the wake of ⁠a similar attack on April 16.

One of Russia's ⁠major ‌southern ports, Tuapse is an oil product export hub that also ⁠handles dry bulk cargo, such as ​coal and ‌fertiliser. In addition, it is home to ⁠a major ​oil refinery of the same name owned by Rosneft.

"Tuapse was subjected to another massive ⁠drone attack," Veniamin Kondratiev, governor ​of the Krasnodar region said on messaging app Telegram. "A fire occurred at the seaport."

Kondratiev said ⁠one man was killed at the port and another injured, while debris from drones damagedseveral city buildings, ranging from a kindergarten ​and primary school to ⁠a church and residential apartment block.

Russia's defence ​ministry said 112 Ukrainian ‌drones were destroyed overnight.

(Reporting by ​Vladimir Soldatkin and Guy Faulconbridge; Editing by Christopher Cushing and Clarence Fernandez)

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