Russia’s Ust-Luga port damaged by Ukrainian drones, 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.