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Drones Strike Russian Oil Ports in Leningrad Region for Third Night in a Row
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On March 27, drones targeted Russia’s Leningrad region for the third night in a row, with strikes reportedly hitting key oil export ports in Ust-Luga and Primorsk, according to monitoring Telegram channels CyberBoroshno and Exilenova+.
The channels claimed that the overnight operation resulted in a “repeat simultaneous strike” on both facilities.
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The two ports had already been attacked earlier this week.
Satellite imagery by Radio Liberty indicates that a fire at the Ust-Luga port intensified again on the morning of March 27 following another drone strike.
According to the outlet, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported that 85 Ukrainian drones were shot down overnight across eight regions, as well as over temporarily occupied Crimea and the waters of the Black Sea. Additionally, Leningrad region governor Alexander Drozdenko, 36 drones were intercepted over the region.
The attack also disrupted civilian air traffic. At St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport, 28 flights were canceled and more than 50 delayed, while several aircraft were redirected to alternate airfields.
Exilenova+ also reported that the likely target in Cherepovets was the Apatit industrial facility, one of Russia’s major producers of mineral fertilizers and chemical products.
The repeated attacks on ports and industrial sites deep inside Russian territory come as Ukraine continues to expand its long-range strike campaign against Russia’s energy infrastructure, aiming to cut into one of the Kremlin’s main sources of war funding.
According to The Telegraph on March 27, Ukrainian drone operations have increasingly focused on oil export facilities, including the Ust-Luga terminal on the Baltic Sea, where recent strikes caused large fires and damage to storage and loading infrastructure.
The report noted that the attack followed a long-range drone flight that penetrated several layers of Russian air defense before reaching the target.
