Ukrainian drone strike ignites ship terminal in Krasnodar Krai

A Ukrainian drone strike set fire to a tanker terminal in southern Russia's Krasnodar region, killing one person. The UN reported that May was the deadliest month for Ukrainian civilians in the past four years, with over 270 killed and nearly 1,800 wounded. Ukraine continued attacks on Crimea's transportation links and chemical facilities, while fuel shortages at Russian airports have imposed refuelling restrictions.

A Ukrainian drone strike hit a tanker terminal in Krasnodar region in southern Russia on the night of Saturday, 14 June 2026, sparking a fire. Veniamin Kondratjev, the regional governor, confirmed that drones attacked the Temryuk district, killing one person and injuring three others.

Terminal fire on the Taman Peninsula

Ukrainian Telegram monitoring groups reported that fire broke out at the Taman Neftegaz liquefied gas terminal on the Taman Peninsula. This is one of Russia's largest liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) handling facilities, housing propane and butane storage tanks and used for exporting energy products in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov region. Ukraine has repeatedly targeted this facility. A total of 96 people and over 30 vehicles were deployed to extinguish the fire.

Just a day earlier, on Thursday, a Ukrainian long-range drone damaged the Afipsk oil refinery in Krasnodar region, one of southern Russia's largest oil processing facilities.

Crimea bridges and chemical plant under attack

In the night leading into Saturday, Ukrainian forces also attacked bridges connecting the Crimean Peninsula to mainland Ukraine and a chemical plant in Armyansk. According to Volodymyr Saldo, the head of Russia's illegal occupation administration in Kherson region, the bridges in the Chonhar area were targeted and traffic was temporarily halted on the route to the Dzhankoi checkpoint.

Ukraine's assault force confirmed strikes on the Chonhar highway bridge, railway bridge, pontoon crossing and military vehicles in the area. According to the unit's statement, the pontoons have limited carrying capacity, meaning vehicles must wait in queue and "become easy targets for us".

In a separate night operation, Ukrainian unmanned systems force pilots struck the Crimea Titan chemical plant in Armyansk. Robert Brovdy, the unit commander with the call sign "Magyar", described the facility as eastern Europe's largest industrial giant, producing titanium dioxide and sulphuric acid, materials used in Russia's defence industry, including rocket fuel and explosives production. "Visual observation has confirmed successful strikes. Fire is blazing. Production has halted," said Brovdy.

Fuel shortages spreading to Russian airports

Successful Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries have led to widespread fuel shortages. Several major Russian airports, in Makhachkala, Mineralnye Vody, Krasnodar, Astrakhan and Nizhny Novgorod, have imposed refuelling restrictions on aircraft: only the fuel required for a specific flight may be loaded.

According to RBK-Ukraine, aviation fuel stock exchange sales have virtually ceased, with no transactions concluded at the St. Petersburg exchange since 4 May. Wholesale prices have risen to a record 113,000 roubles per tonne, 52% higher than early March levels. "On 1 June, only three tanker cars were sold nationwide," a source at the business newspaper Kommersant described the collapse in trading.

The Russian government banned aviation fuel exports from 1 June until 30 November in an attempt to stabilise the domestic market. Fuel shortages have also spread to road transport, with petrol rationing introduced even in regions located up to 5,000 kilometres from Ukraine.

UN: Over 270 civilians killed in May

The UN reported that May was the deadliest month for civilians in Ukraine in the past four years. Over 270 civilians were killed and nearly 1,800 were wounded in Russian attacks in May, nearly double the figure from the same month last year.

The majority of victims were killed in attacks using long-range weapons, missiles and drones, in city centres, including Kyiv and Dnipro. The UN particularly noted that the number of civilian casualties caused by short-range drones, over 60 killed and nearly 540 wounded, was the highest in May since the war's full-scale phase began in February 2022.

According to the Ukrainian armed forces' assessment, Russia lost 1,310 soldiers in a single day on Saturday. Since the full-scale phase of the war began on 24 February 2022, Russia has lost 1,865 mobile rocket launch systems and over 347,000 operational tactical drones, according to Ukrainian figures.