{"id":1383065,"date":"2026-04-16T20:32:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/the-general-staff-confirmed-the-strikes-on-the-tuapse-refinery-and-the-russian-air-defense\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T20:32:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:32:38","slug":"the-general-staff-confirmed-the-strikes-on-the-tuapse-refinery-and-the-russian-air-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/the-general-staff-confirmed-the-strikes-on-the-tuapse-refinery-and-the-russian-air-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"The General Staff confirmed the strikes on the Tuapse refinery and the Russian air defense"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a number of important Russian army facilities, including the Tuapse oil refinery in the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This was reported by<\/a> the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

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According to the military, units of the Defense Forces struck the Tuapse refinery, which supplies the needs of the Russian occupation army. After the strike, a fire broke out at the facility, the extent of the damage is being determined.<\/p>\n

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In addition, the Ukrainian military struck the area of concentration of the tactical group of the 15th separate coastal missile brigade of the Russian Black Sea Fleet with the Bastion complex in Sevastopol.<\/p>\n

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The Defense Forces also struck enemy air defense systems. In particular, the Buk-M2 anti-aircraft missile system in Zaporizhia region, Pantsir in Feodosia, and Osa in Donetsk region.<\/p>\n

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Separately, Ukrainian units attacked drone control points in the areas of Verbovye in Zaporizhia and Hola Prystan in the Kherson region.<\/p>\n

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In addition, the military struck enemy manpower in the areas of Rodynske and Zatyshne in the Donetsk region, as well as an enemy command post near Rivnepil.<\/p>\n

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The General Staff noted that the enemy’s losses are being clarified. The defense forces continue to reduce the offensive potential of the Russian troops.<\/p>\n

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As previously reported, on the night of Thursday, April 16, local residents in the Russian city of Tuapse (Krasnodar Krai) reported a drone attack.<\/a><\/p>\n

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As a reminder, the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert “Magyar” Brody, confirmed the strike on the military-industrial complex behind enemy lines.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a number of important Russian army facilities, including the Tuapse oil refinery in the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to the military, units of the Defense Forces struck the Tuapse refinery, which supplies the needs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1373352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874],"class_list":["post-1383065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1383065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1373352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1383065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1383065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}