One berth completely destroyed: new images show Ust-Luga oil terminal after Ukrainian drone strikes
Dnipro OSINT has posted satellite images of a Russian oil terminal belonging to Ust-Luga Oil which was attacked by Ukrainian strike drones. One of the port's oil-loading berths has been completely destroyed by fire.
Source: Dnipro OSINT
Details: The newly released high-resolution satellite images recorded the fire as well as the destruction of the oil-loading berth at Ust-Luga.
Quote: "One oil-loading berth has completely burned out (Image No. 2) and another has been damaged (Image No. 4). The prolonged fire near the storage tanks and technical overpasses is also over; all of them sustained damage (Image No. 2)."
Details: The analysts also posted images showing the aftermath of a repeat drone strike on the Russian oil terminal on the night of 26-27 March. The footage shows thick smoke and a fire in the vicinity of the fuel storage tanks.
Background:
- On the night of 23-24 March, a series of strikes on the oil terminal at Ust-Luga began. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed a strike on the Novatek-Ust-Luga facility in Leningrad Oblast, with hits on the tank farm and loading racks used for transferring oil and petroleum products.
- The General Staff said: "A fire was recorded on the territory of the facility. This site is an important component of Russia's energy infrastructure and is used for exporting and transporting petroleum products, revenues from which fund armed aggression against Ukraine."
- The Russian media outlet Astra later reported, citing its own sources, that three oil tankers sailing under the flags of Greece, the Marshall Islands and Sierra Leone were damaged in the attack. In addition, five storage tanks and three berths were reportedly damaged.
- Blogger Roman Shraik also reported that the ports of Ust-Luga and Primorsk, which were also hit by Ukrainian drones, had suspended operations.
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