Drone attacks spark fire at Russian energy export port of Ust-Luga, says governor
More than 50 drones were downed in the Leningrad region as authorities around Ust-Luga, a centre for oil and oil product exports, worked to repel the attack.
MOSCOW: Firefighters were battling flames at Russia's Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga on Friday, after the terminal of a natural gas facility was set ablaze by a drone attack, according to Leningrad region governor Aleksander Drozdenko. The region had downed more than fifty drones in response to the attack, as the area around Ust-Luga serves as a key hub for oil and oil product exports.
The extent of the damage was not immediately clear, as the assault represents Ukraine's ongoing strategy of targeting Russian oil processing and export facilities, aiming to cut off revenue and pressure Moscow to end the conflict. On Friday, fighter jets intercepted a drone entering Latvia's airspace, while Finland temporarily restricted sections of the Baltic Sea as a precaution against further drone attacks.
Ukraine has targeted more than a dozen major refineries in Russia, one of the world's largest oil producers, causing a nationwide fuel crisis. Overnight, more than a dozen drones struck the Russian capital, Moscow, home to another significant oil processing plant, as announced by Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on Telegram.
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