Russia's Ust-Luga port damaged by Ukrainian drones, fire breaks out

Ukrainian drones strike Russia’s Ust-Luga port, causing fire and highlighting ongoing attacks on Moscow’s oil export infrastructure.

Reuters

29 March 2026 at 08:41:49

Russia's Ust-Luga port damaged by Ukrainian drones, fire breaks out

A satellite near-infrared image shows smoke rising from Russia's Baltic port of Ust-Luga after a Ukrainian attack, in Ust-Luga, Leningrad Oblast, March 27, 2026.

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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.

Ust-Luga, operated by Russian oil pipeline monopoly Transneft TRNF_p.MM, 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.

-Reporting by Reuters. Editing by Guy Faulconbridge and Mark Potter/Reuters