Nov 2 (Reuters) - An oil tanker and port facilities in

the Russian Black Sea port of Tuapse were damaged and set ablaze

overnight as a result of a Ukrainian drone attack, authorities

in the southern region of Krasnodar said on Sunday.

"In the port of Tuapse, fragments of UAVs (unmanned aerial

vehicles) fell on an oil tanker, damaging the deck

superstructure," the administration said on the Telegram

messaging app.

"A fire broke out on the vessel. The crew were

evacuated."

The Tuapse port is home to the Tuapse Black Sea oil

terminal and the Rosneft-controlled Tuapse oil refinery,

which have been targeted by Ukrainian drones several times this

year.

The terminal is a key southern outlet for Russia's crude and

refined products to reach international markets, so any

disruption there can ripple through export flows.

Kyiv has intensified strikes on Russian refineries, depots

and pipelines in recent months to strain fuel supplies, disrupt

military logistics and raise wartime costs, a campaign it says

is retaliation for Russian attacks on the Ukrainian power grid.

The Krasnodar administration said that the port's buildings

and other infrastructure were also damaged.

Falling drone debris also damaged an apartment building

in the village of Sosnovyi, just outside Tuapse. There were no

injuries reported, it said. There was also some minor damage to

the railway station in Tuapse, it added.

(Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne;

Editing by Rod Nickel and Lincoln Feast.)