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Drone strike on Novatek-Ust-Luga energy complex

The Ukraine carried out a drone strike on Russia’s Ust-Luga port area on Sep 1, damaging the Novatek-Ust-Luga energy complex and causing a major fire. The facility, located in Russia’s Leningrad region on the Baltic Sea, is part of one of the country’s main energy export hubs. Leningrad's regional Governor Alexander Drozdenko confirmed damage and a fire in the port area. He said Russian air defenses intercepted dozens of drones during the attack and that emergency crews were deployed. Authorities later reported that the fire had been extinguished and no casualties were recorded at Ust-Luga. Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence confirmed that key components of an oil-processing unit and other equipment at the Novatek-Ust-Luga complex were damaged. The full extent of the damage and its effect on operations could not immediately be independently verified. The latest incident followed previous Ukrainian attacks on the port and came amid increasing strikes by both sides against energy, transport and other infrastructure linked to the continuing conflict.

Ust Luga attacked by Ukrainian drones

Kyiv has proposed through a third party that Russia and Ukraine mutually suspend attacks on civilian targets in the Black Sea,, following weeks of escalating strikes against merchant ships and port infrastructure. Moscow had yet to respond formally. The proposal came as the maritime conflict increasingly threatened agricultural trades. Many owners stopped calling at ports around Odesa following Russian attacks, while Ukrainian strikes forced all three grain terminals at Novorossiysk to suspend operations temporarily. Ukrainian grain exports were down 76% year-on-year so far in August. Turkey has separately been pushing both sides to agree to a Black Sea maritime moratorium. Any truce, however, would not signal an end to Ukraine’s campaign against Russia’s wider seaborne economy. On the morning of Aug 14, 2026, firefighters were battling a blaze at Ust-Luga, following another major Ukrainian drone assault. The Leningrad governor Alexander Drozdenko said more than 50 drones had been shot down across the region, with the extent of damage at the port still being assessed. Ust-Luga as one of Russia’s largest petroleum export outlets has become a regular target, as Kyiv was attempting to throttle the energy revenues financing Moscow’s war effort.

Port again attacked by drones

The Leningrad region came under a fresh Ukrainian drone attack on the night of March 28, Governor Alexander Drozdenko said in a Telegram post on the morning of March 29. Air defenses have allegedly shot down 31 drones so far, while the emergency services were working to put down a fire at Ust-Luga port. On March 29 the port came under fire for the fifth consecutive day, with no loadings recorded since March 25.The Leningrad region on the Baltic coast hosts major Russian export hubs and has come under repeated Ukrainian attacks over the past week. Beginning on March 23 with a drone attack on the Baltic port of Primorsk, Ukraine’s Baltic attacks continued two days later with strikes at Ust-Luga before targeting one of Russia’s largest refineries in the Kirishi district on March 26. Report with photo: https://gcaptain.com/russias-ust-luga-port-takes-new-damage-in-ukraine-drone-attack/