Fire reported following drone attack on the port of Ust-Luga in Russia
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Damage and a fire were reported in the Ust-Luga port area following a UAV attack. It is one of the Russian Federation's key export hubs.
A fire has been reported in Russia following a drone attack on the port of Ust-Luga in the Leningrad region, according to monitoring resources and Russian authorities, UNN reports.
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A fire broke out in the Ust-Luga port area as a result of a UAV attack, the governor of the Leningrad region said on Telegram.
"Damage was recorded in the Ust-Luga port area as a result of a UAV attack; there is a fire," the statement said.
"And now the port of Ust-Luga is burning," the Exilenova+ Telegram channel reported in the morning.
It was also reported that "numerous explosions in Tolyatti" had been heard overnight.
As the government’s Strategic Communications Center notes , "drones have once again reached Russia’s oil and industrial infrastructure."
"After the attack, the port of Ust-Luga - Russia’s largest port on the Baltic Sea by cargo turnover and one of the key hubs of Russian exports - caught fire. At the same time, there were loud reports in the Samara region: explosions were heard in Chapayevsk, Novokuibyshevsk and Tolyatti," the statement said.