Drones again attack Russia's Leningrad Oblast: fire breaks out in Ust-Luga port

Olha Hlushchenko - 29 March, 04:20

The port of Ust-Luga. Stock photo: TASS

Russia's Leningrad Oblast came under another UAV attack on the night of 28-29 March, which caused a fire at the port of Ust-Luga.

Source: Alexandr Drozdenko, Governor of Leningrad Oblast

Details: An air-raid warning was issued in Leningrad Oblast at around 02:00 Kyiv time.

Drozdenko warned about a possible "reduction in mobile internet speed".

At 04:00 Kyiv time, he claimed that seven UAVs had been destroyed over Leningrad Oblast.

The governor reported on the aftermath of the UAV attack.

Update: Drozdenko later said that 27 drones had supposedly been shot down over Leningrad Oblast.

He added that the port of Ust-Luga had been damaged as a result of the attack.

At around 07:00 Kyiv time, Drozdenko claimed that 31 drones had been downed.

He also added that "firefighters are extinguishing the fire at the port of Ust-Luga".

Background:

On the night of 26-27 March, Russian Telegram channels reported that Leningrad Oblast had been under UAV attacks for the third consecutive night.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that after Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries in Leningrad Oblast, Russia had about 40% of its capacity remaining.

Previously:

On the night of 24-25 March, Leningrad Oblast came under a large-scale UAV attack, which caused a fire at the port of Ust-Luga.
On the night of 25-26 March, UAVs attacked Leningrad Oblast, where the Kirishi Refinery (Kinef) oil refinery is located.
The Kirishi refinery was also attacked on 8 March. At the time, Drozdenko said debris falling during the attack had damaged the external structure of one of the facility's storage tanks.

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