Several fires detected at Ust-Luga port after drone attack: "Novatek" facility ablaze – media. VIDEO + SATELLITE PHOTOS
A major fire broke out at the Russian port of Ust-Luga in the Leningrad region following an overnight drone attack. According to ASTRA’s OSINT analysis, the northern part of "Novatek’s" production and processing complex for the fractionation and transshipment of stabilised gas condensate is burning.
Censor.NET reports this, citing ASTRA.
ASTRA identifies the location of the fire at the "Novatek" terminal
Following the drone attack that the Leningrad regional authorities reported last night, the northern production and processing cluster of the stabilised gas condensate (SGC) fractionation and transshipment complex of "NOVATEK-TRAS" LLC, "NATEK-TRA", is burning at Ust-Luga port. Several other fires are burning within the port.
The first footage of the fire emerged overnight. At around six in the morning, the governor of the Leningrad region confirmed a "fire" in the Ust-Luga port area. He later reported that three people had been injured, while NASA satellites detected a large fire at Ust-Luga port.
Drone attack triggers flight restrictions and air alerts in the Baltic states
Residents of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia were warned of an aerial threat amid the drone attack on Ust-Luga port. There were reports of drones entering their airspace and NATO aircraft operating in the area. Two passenger aircraft flying to St. Petersburg from Istanbul and Hurghada landed in Helsinki because of security restrictions at Pulkovo Airport.
Residents of Estonia could see the glow from the fire.
According to Russian Telegram channels, the Russian Aerospace Forces lost a helicopter while repelling the drone attack on St Petersburg, and the pilots were killed.
What is known about the facility?
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 in the Baltic, located approximately 100–150 km from St. Petersburg.
The port began operating in 2001. It has terminals for transshipping oil, petroleum products, coal, sulphur, mineral fertilisers, gas condensate, LNG and containerised cargo. Ust-Luga is of strategic economic importance to Russia and its military-industrial complex.
On 1 September, a fire was reported in the Ust-Luga port area following a drone attack. On 14 August, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the "NOVATEK – Ust-Luga" complex in the Leningrad region had been hit.
According to estimates by the Kyiv School of Economics Institute (KSE Institute), Ust-Luga accounted for approximately 20% of Russia’s seaborne oil exports in 2025, or 1.15 million barrels per day. By this measure, the port ranked behind only neighbouring Primorsk (22%), ahead of Novorossiysk (17%).
