Drone strike hits Russia’s Ust-Luga oil port, fire breaks out

MOSCOW: Russia's Ust-Luga port, one of its largest ‌petroleum ⁠export ⁠outlets, was damaged on Sunday in a Ukrainian drone attack that sparked a fire, Alexander Drozdenko, the governor of the northern ⁠Leningrad region ‌said on Telegram.

A ​total ​of 36 drones ⁠were shot down over the region, Drozdenko ​said.

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Ust-Luga, operated by Russian oil pipeline monopoly Transneft, handles around 700,000 barrels per day of oil exports, and, ‌according to sources, shipped 32.9 million metric tons of oil products ⁠in 2025.

Ukraine has regularly attacked Russian oil exporting facilities and ​oil refineries as it seeks to undermine Moscow's war economy.