A Google streetview image of a Rosneft Tuapse oil depot in Tuapse, Russia, dated to 2012. A tall concrete wall topped by barbed wire partially blocks the view of several white containers, against a blue sky.
A Google streetview image of a Rosneft oil depot in Tuapse, Russia, dated to 2012.
  • A fire broke out at a Russian oil facility on Tuesday night, far from the country's borders. 
  • The incident came amid a night of drone-inflicted chaos at multiple Russian sites.
  • Russian commentators were quick to blame Ukraine, which has so far not commented on the incidents.

A fire broke out at a coastal oil facility in southern Russia in the early hours of Tuesday, the aftermath of a possible drone strike by Ukraine deep into enemy territory.

Details on the attack were difficult to come by: Fires broke out in the early morning, as videos and photos that lit up Russian social media appeared to show.