Russia shoots down 92 drones over Leningrad region
Monitoring channels said the port was set ablaze as Ukrainian drones hit Russian energy and export infrastructure, with 92 drones downed in the region.
- Russia shot down 92 drones early on Wednesday over the Leningrad region, Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said on Telegram, while explosions sounded across Smolensk Oblast, Tver, and Adygea Republic as drones moved through the country.
- Ukrainian drones struck the Ust-Luga Baltic Sea port overnight on November 11, a facility 'used to transport Russian crude oil by using the shadow fleet and other irregular and high-risk shipping practices,' according to the European Commission.
- Monday's drone strike on the Kirishi refinery, run by Surgutneftegaz, set the plant on fire and killed a woman in the region near St. Petersburg, the hometown of President Vladimir Putin.
- Neighbours Latvia and Lithuania warned citizens to seek shelter against unidentified drones entering their airspace from Russia or Belarus, prompting NATO air defence fighter jets to be activated in response.
- The attacks coincide with United States-led peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi, the first such meeting in nine months, with discussions set to continue on Wednesday amid ongoing strikes.
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UST-LUGA (ANP/AFP) - A fire broke out early Wednesday morning in the port city of Ust-Luga, in the far west of Russia, following a Ukrainian drone attack. This was stated by the region's governor, Alexander Drozdenko, on Telegram. He did not report the extent of the damage.
Surveillance channels reported that Ukrainian drones struck the Baltic Sea port of Ust Luga, located in the Leningrad region of western Russia, on Wednesday night.
An attack by Ukrainian drones on Wednesday caused a fire in the port of Oust-Louga on the Baltic Sea, already targeted on several occasions, said the governor of the Leningrad region (north-west).
The Russian port of Ust-Luga in the Gulf of Finland has been hit by Ukrainian drones and is on fire, the governor of the Leningrad region says.
In Leningrad region, drones attacked the port area of Ust-Luga, causing a fire and shutting down the substation.
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