Strike on Russia's Sheskharis oil terminal: General Staff reveals scale of damage
Photo: the Sheskharis oil terminal (Getty Images)
Following the strike on the Sheskharis oil terminal in Russia’s Krasnodar region, a number of infrastructure elements responsible for oil transshipment and loading were damaged, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On April 5, 2026, as a result of the strike on the Sheskharis oil terminal in Russia’s Krasnodar region, loading arms at berths No. 1, No. 1A, and No. 2 were damaged, as well as loading arms at berths No. 6 and No. 7. In addition, damage to the pipeline system for oil distribution and loading was recorded.
At the same time, the damage to three RVS PK-50000 storage tanks at the Grushevaya transshipment oil depot in Russia’s Krasnodar region, which supports the operation of the Sheskharis terminal, has been confirmed.
In addition, the General Staff confirmed that two strike UAVs hit a Russian Project 11356R frigate of the Burevestnik class, which carries Kalibr cruise missiles. The extent of the ship’s damage is currently being clarified.
Also yesterday and overnight into April 7, units of the Defense Forces struck Russian UAV command posts in the areas of Zelene in the Zaporizhzhia region and Udachne in the Donetsk region.
In particular, hits on concentrations of enemy personnel were recorded in the areas of Strohanivka, Krasnohirsk in the Zaporizhzhia region, and Rodynske in the Donetsk region.
"The Defense Forces continue to take measures to undermine the military-economic and combat potential of the Russian occupiers and to force the Russian Federation to cease its armed aggression against Ukraine," the General Staff concluded.
Other strikes on enemy targets
Earlier, the Unmanned Systems Forces reported that it was the Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich that was struck in the port of Novorossiysk. On the same day, April 6, the Sivash drilling rig was also hit.
A day earlier, Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck strategic Russian targets. In particular, a large-scale fire broke out at the Lukoil refinery in the Nizhny Novgorod region, which supplies fuel to the Moscow region.
In addition, Ukrainian troops are destroying even the occupiers’ latest developments. Recently, the Ukrainian unmanned forces unit destroyed a secret Russian satellite communications terminal, Spirit, which the enemy used as an alternative to Starlink.
The Ministry of Defense also noted that over the past month, Ukrainian defenders demonstrated record efficiency, hitting more than 151,000 enemy targets.
