Drones attacked Leningrad Region: strike at port of Ust-Luga; fire is visible even from Estonia. VIDEO+PHOTO
A fire has broken out in the Leningrad Oblast of the Russian Federation, near the port of Ust-Luga. This is one of Russia’s largest commercial seaports on the Baltic Sea.
This was reported by Censor.NET, citing ASTRA.
The region has been targeted by drones
As noted, readers are sharing footage of a large-scale fire in the Kingisepp district of the Leningrad Oblast. Earlier, a drone threat had been declared in the region, with residents reporting explosions and air defence activity.
The video has not been verified by an ASTRA OSINT analyst, but local residents have reported a fire in the port area.
The Telegram channel "Exilenova+" claims that the fire at the port of Ust-Luga is visible from Estonia.
More footage of the massive fire:
What is known about the facility?
The port of Ust-Luga is a major Russian commercial seaport on the Baltic Sea, in the Gulf of Finland. It is one of Russia’s key export hubs on the Baltic, located approximately 100–150 km from St Petersburg. The port began operations in 2001. It has terminals for the transhipment of crude oil, petroleum products, coal, sulphur, mineral fertilisers, gas condensate, LNG and containerised cargo. Ust-Luga is of strategic economic importance to Russia and its defence-industrial complex.
On 1 September, a fire was reported in the port area of Ust-Luga, which was caused by a drone attack. And on 14 August, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that the "NOVATEK – Ust-Luga" complex in the Leningrad Oblast had been struck.
What are the local authorities saying?
For his part, the governor of the Leningrad Oblast reported a "fire" in the Ust-Luga port area following a drone attack.
"Preliminary reports indicate that, as a result of a drone attack, there was a strike in the port area of Ust-Luga, a fire broke out, and the necessary forces and resources have begun extinguishing it. There was also an emergency shutdown of a transformer substation in Ust-Luga. Further details are being clarified," said Oleksandr Drozdzenko.
He reported that 146 UAVs had been shot down over the Leningrad Oblast and that "combat operations" were still ongoing.
