Following a drone attack, two Russian ports suspended operations — Reuters
Russia's two largest oil terminals—the ports of Ust-Luga and Primorsk—have suspended shipments of oil and petroleum products. This is due to massive attacks by Ukrainian drones.
Reuters reports this, citing informed sources.
The drone attacks on Russia’s Baltic ports are among the largest strikes on Russian oil export facilities in the four years of the war.
Primorsk, which can export over 1 million barrels of crude oil per day, is the main market for Russia’s flagship Urals crude and high-quality diesel fuel.
According to sources, Ust-Luga exported 32.9 million metric tons of petroleum products last year, while Primorsk exported 16.8 million tons.
Heikki Autto, chairman of the Defense Committee in the Finnish Parliament, told Reuters that on Tuesday, as he was landing at Helsinki Airport, he saw a huge column of black smoke rising from the direction of the port of Primorsk.
As a reminder, Russiareported a large-scale nighttime drone attack on several regions.
The Russian port of Ust-Luga has resumed oil exports following the drone attack.
As a reminder, drones attacked a strategic oil terminal in the Leningrad region.
Drones also attacked the Saratov region, with over 60 explosions reported.
