US EditionUkrainian Drone Attack Halts Loadings at Russia's Ust-Luga Port
Ukrainian drone strikes halted loading at Ust-Luga port, a key oil export hub, causing fires visible from Estonia and damaging regional energy infrastructure, officials said.
- On Sunday, a drone strike ignited a fire at Russia's Ust-Luga Baltic port, marking the second attack on the major exporting hub in days. Leningrad Region Governor Alexander Drozdenko confirmed damage but reported no casualties.
- Ukraine has intensified retaliatory attacks on Russian infrastructure including oil depots and refineries to cut energy proceeds funding the war. This week, Ukrainian forces also struck the major Baltic port of Primorsk.
- Governor Alexander Drozdenko reported that "rescuers are working to extinguish a fire" and noted 36 drones were destroyed overnight in the Leningrad region. Satellite images show black smoke rising from the burning facility.
- Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported that a Ukrainian drone strike killed a man in the border city of Grayvoron. Officials reported multiple civilian injuries and damage to homes and vehicles in recent weeks.
- Russia launched a massive nighttime offensive involving 442 drones and one missile, Kyiv's air force stated on Sunday. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 380 of the UAVs amid the ongoing high-intensity drone warfare.
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Ukraine strikes Russian Baltic port, hundreds of drones shot down
A drone strike claimed by Ukraine triggered a fire at Russia’s Baltic port of Ust-Luga as the regional governor on Sunday reported new damage at the major exporting hub hit for a second time in days. Ukraine has intensified retaliatory attacks on Russian infrastructure – including refineries, oil depots and ports – saying they are justified as part of the effort to cut revenues funding Russia’s offensive. “There is damage to the port of Ust-Luga…
The Russian port of Ust-Luga on the Baltic Sea, one of the largest export points for oil, was the target of a drone attack on Sunday in which a fire broke out.
Ukrainian drones have hit the important port of Ust-Luga on the Baltic Sea again. Kyyiv is trying to cap the revenues of the Russian oil industry with ongoing attacks.
The port has been attacked for the third night in a row. Ust-Luga is important for Russian exports of oil, LNG, fertilizer, and coal.
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