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UAV event in Ust-Luga Port area, Russian Federation on Tue 7th April 2026

7th April 2026

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On the night of April 7, a drone attack was reported in the Russian Leningrad Region. Local social media accounts are reporting an attack and damage in the area of the Ust-Luga oil port .

Source : " Crimea.Realities "

Details: A few days after the previous attack in the Leningrad Region of the Russian Federation, drones struck the port of Ust-Luga.

Russian Governor Alexander Drozdenko said that 22 drones were shot down over the region.

ASTRA and the monitoring channel Exilenova+ report that the port was hit.

Ust-Luga is one of the key Russian ports on the Baltic Sea, used for oil exports, including by the "shadow fleet."

According to Bloomberg, the facility only recently resumed operations after the outage.

Satellite imagery from Planet Labs previously confirmed fires at Novatek terminals following the March 2026 attacks.

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