Port strategic to Russia's defence industry on fire after drone attack in Leningrad Oblast – photo, videos

Olha Hlushchenko - 11 November, 00:58

A fire. Photo: Supernova+

Russia's Leningrad Oblast came under a drone attack on the night of 10-11 November that caused a fire at the port of Ust-Luga and the emergency shutdown of a transformer substation.

Source: Leningrad Oblast Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko; Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency TASS; Russian media outlet Astra

Details: Drozdenko claimed that 42 UAVs had been shot down over Leningrad Oblast.

Russian media outlets reported earlier that two aircraft bound for St Petersburg had landed in Helsinki due to safety concerns.

Restrictions on aircraft arrivals and departures have been imposed at Pulkovo Airport.

Monitoring Telegram channels noted that Russian air defence forces were shooting down drones heading towards St Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast over Tver.

Telegram channels also reported that port infrastructure in Ust-Luga, Leningrad Oblast, is on fire following the drone attack.

At around 02:00, Drozdenko claimed that the number of drones shot down over Leningrad Oblast had risen to 92.

NASA's Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) detected fire hotspots at the port of Ust-Luga and in the surrounding waters

In the morning, Drozdenko claimed that the number of downed drones had risen to 150.

Update: Drozdenko subsequently confirmed that the port infrastructure in Ust-Luga had been attacked.

He said that "the UAV attack resulted in strikes on the port area of Ust-Luga, causing a fire".

Drozdenko also noted that "an emergency shutdown of a transformer substation has occurred in Ust-Luga".

For reference: 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 coast, located approximately 100-150 km from St Petersburg.

The port began operations in 2001. It has terminals for the transhipment of oil, petroleum products, coal, sulphur, mineral fertilisers, gas condensate, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and containerised cargo. Ust-Luga is of strategic economic importance to Russia and its defence industry.

Background: Defence Intelligence of Ukraine confirmed a strike on the Novatek-Ust-Luga complex in Russia's Leningrad Oblast, near St Petersburg, on 1 September.

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