Strike on Ust-Luga oil infrastructure and the Buyan-M ship

Strike on Ust-Luga oil infrastructure and the Buyan-M ship
Strike on Ust-Luga oil infrastructure and the Buyan-M ship

Night attack on strategic targets in Ust-Luga

Large-scale fires were recorded overnight in the area of the port and oil infrastructure in Ust-Luga. Among the targets hit was the missile ship Buyan-M, which serves as a carrier for Kalibr and Oniks cruise missiles. The Security Service of Ukraine, together with other units of the Defence Forces, organised this strike.

Details of damage at the terminals

According to data, drones from the Alpha Special Operations Centre struck infrastructure facilities at the Novatek-Ust-Luga terminal. As a result, several storage tanks, each with a capacity of 30,000 tonnes, caught fire. A spill of petroleum products also occurred.

At the neighbouring Ust-Luga Oil terminal, a number of petroleum product storage facilities were damaged, where a large-scale fire is currently ongoing. In addition, fires were recorded at the Factor JSC terminal and at the Luzhskaya railway station.

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