Ukrainian drones attacked Russia's largest port on the Baltic Sea for the second time since the beginning of autumn
On the night of November 11, 150 Ukrainian drones attacked the Leningrad region, according to the region's governor, Alexander Drozdenko.
«The target of the attack was the port area of Ust-Luga in the Kingisepp district. As a result of several UAVs hitting, a fire broke out, three workers were injured, their lives are not in danger,» Drozdenko wrote on his Telegram channel.
According to eyewitness videos, a large-scale fire erupted in the port. The NASA FIRMS service, which tracks temperature anomalies, recorded several sources of ignition.
Ust-Luga is the largest Russian port on the Baltic Sea and the second largest in the country after Novorossiysk on the Black Sea. It is located approximately 120 km from St. Petersburg.
Its territory houses terminals for transshipment of oil, petroleum products, coal, sulfur, mineral fertilizers, gas condensate, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and container cargo, writes Moscow Times.
According to Reuters data, oil exports through the port in 2025 amounted to about 700,000 barrels per day, while petroleum products totaling 32.8 million tons were exported.
Before this, drones attacked the port on September 1.