Russian Governor: Drone Attack Sparks Fire at Ust-Luga Port

A drone attack sparked a fire in the area of Russia’s Ust-Luga port in Leningrad Region. According to Sina Finance, Governor Alexander Drozdenko cited preliminary reports on social media and said emergency crews were working to extinguish the fire. A transformer substation in Ust-Luga was urgently shut down. Drozdenko said air defense forces had shot down 146 drones over the area and that defensive operations were continuing. Ust-Luga is one of Russia’s largest oil export terminals in the Baltic region and a key hub for crude oil and refined petroleum shipments. It has been attacked several times this year.