Overview
- Russian officials and local footage reported new overnight strikes in Leningrad Oblast that left Ust-Luga burning again and briefly halted flights at St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport, with the regional governor also citing damage in the Kirishi industrial zone.
- Ukraine’s General Staff and the Security Service confirmed a long-range drone strike the previous night on the Novatek‑Ust‑Luga terminal that hit storage tanks and oil‑loading racks and set off a large fire.
- The SSU said drones from its Alpha unit flew more than 900 kilometers in a joint operation with several Ukrainian forces to target the port infrastructure used to export fuel products.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed it intercepted 389 Ukrainian drones across the country, including at least 56 over the Leningrad region, while Ukrainian units said their drones reached and damaged key facilities.
- Analysts and industry reporting say disruption at Ust‑Luga and Primorsk is straining Russia’s export routes that also serve a sanctions‑evading “shadow fleet,” and Reuters has reported that recent strikes and other incidents have sidelined a large share of Russia’s oil export capacity.