Ust-Luga port in Russia, June 2021. Красный / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; cropped. File photo, not the current fire.
A drone attack set off a fire in the port area of Ust-Luga in northwestern Russia and injured three workers, Leningrad region Governor Alexander Drozdenko said Wednesday.
Drozdenko said several drones struck the port area in the Kingisepp district. He said the injured workers’ lives were not in danger and that details of the damage were still being clarified.
The governor also reported that air defenses had shot down 150 drones over the Leningrad region overnight, describing that figure as preliminary. He said the region’s drone alert had been lifted.
The account of the attack and its cause could not be independently confirmed. The extent of the damage and any effect on port operations were not immediately established.
Ust-Luga, on the Baltic Sea, is a major Russian export outlet for oil, oil products, grain and other commodities.
The regional governor’s public channel is available here.
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