Ukrainian Drones Attack Russia's Key Oil Port Primorsk Overnight
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Ukrainian drones attacked Primorsk, home to Russia's main oil-loading terminal on the Baltic coast.
Ukrainian drones attacked Primorsk, home to Russia's main oil-loading terminal on the Baltic coast, in one of the largest attacks on its enemy since the start of the war.
The drones set fire to a vessel moored in Primorsk, but the blaze has already been put out, the region's governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said in a Telegram statement. "There is no risk of the vessel sinking or an oil-product spill," he said without providing further details.
Ukraine has ramped up attacks on its neighbor's energy facilities in the past few weeks. Kyiv has said it aims to curtail Russia's ability to supply fuel to its front lines, while also hurting its export revenues.
Russia intercepted and downed 221 Ukrainian drones, including nine over the Moscow region, the Defense Ministry said in a Telegram statement.
The Primorsk port, which also loads coal, fertilizers, wheat and general cargoes, is a key Baltic outlet for Russian crude oil and petroleum products. Last month, it loaded some 330,000 barrels a day of diesel-type fuel and about 1.15 million barrels of crude, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
In the past few weeks, Ukrainian drones have hit oil refineries in southern Russia and the Volga region, as well as a pumping station on the westbound Druzhba crude pipeline. So far drone attacks on Russia's oil-export terminals, especially on the Baltic coast, have been rare. In August, Novatek PJSC's Ust-Luga gas processing facility was damaged in a strike.
Russian military forces have made regular air assaults on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities. Earlier this week, Poland sought a consultation of NATO powers after shooting down drones that crossed into its territory during Russia's latest massive air strike on Ukraine, calling the incursion an "act of aggression."
Source: Bloomberg Europe
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