(TUAPSE, KRASNODAR KRAI) – A plume of black smoke visible from space stretched over one hundred kilometres out to sea on the morning of 16 April, marking the latest successful Ukrainian deep strike against Russia’s oil export infrastructure. The Tuapse Oil Refinery, a Rosneft facility ranking among the ten largest in Russia with an annual processing capacity of 12 million tons, was set ablaze by drones operated by the Security Service of Ukraine’s Alpha special operations centre. NASA published satellite imagery confirming the scale of the fire, which burned through the day and spread to neighbouring reservoirs. Ukraine’s General Staff…