Drones pummel Russia’s Ust-Luga port in Leningrad Oblast
Drones struck Russia’s Leningrad Oblast on the morning of August 14, sparking a fire at the Ust-Luga port, regional governor Aleksandr Drozdenko reported.
On August 14, drones targeted Russia's Leningrad Oblast, igniting a blaze at the Ust-Luga port, according to regional governor Aleksandr Drozdenko. "Emergency services are currently battling the inferno," he stated. Drozdenko disclosed that Russian air defenses neutralized 51 UAVs over the region, affirming that "military actions are still in progress."
Previously, Ukrainian special forces launched a drone assault on Ust-Luga in March, successfully bombing an oil terminal at the port. Satellite imagery later verified substantial fires at both the Primorsk and Ust-Luga ports. Bloomberg subsequently noted that Russian oil shipments through Baltic Sea ports plummeted to their lowest point since Ukraine's 2022 invasion following a string of strikes.
On April 5, Bloomberg revealed that Ust-Luga had commenced the resumption of oil exports at a minimal capacity after a shutdown. Ukraine's General Staff later confirmed a fresh drone attack on the Ust-Luga port on April 7, which destroyed three oil storage tanks.
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