Ukrainian drones hit Russia’s Ust-Luga oil port for the 6th time this year
Fire breaks out at Baltic terminal handling nearly half of Russia's regional exports
Ukrainian drones struck Russia's Ust-Luga oil port for the sixth time this year, igniting a fire at the Baltic Sea terminal, according to Russian and Ukrainian reports. Leningrad Oblast Governor Alexander Drozdenko confirmed 51 drones were shot down in the region, with 54 drones recorded destroyed by the end of the day, though he did not specify the extent of the damage.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin claimed 10 drones were destroyed en route to Moscow the previous night. Ust-Luga, Russia's largest Baltic Sea port, handles around 47.4% of the Baltic basin's cargo turnover. The port complex ships crude and refined products, including naphtha, fuel oil, and jet fuel, and serves as the terminal for the Baltic Pipeline System-II.
This is the sixth attack on Ust-Luga since March, with initial strikes coming on March 24-25, followed by additional attacks on March 27, 29, and 31, and a fifth strike on July 3-4. These strikes led to a reduction in oil-export operations at the terminal, with throughput dropping to around 350,000 barrels per day. The recent attack on Ust-Luga follows a strike on the Shetskari terminal in Novorossiysk on the Black Sea and a strike on the Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal also on the Black Sea. Together, Ust-Luga and Primorsk account for about 40% of Russia's seaborne oil exports.
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