The port of Ust-Luga has come under attack once again
The port of Ust-Luga in the Leningrad Oblast of the Russian Federation has come under attack once again. This was reported by Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Centre for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine.
According to him, the facility had already been targeted previously. In March, drones attacked the Leningrad Oblast, and the port of Ust-Luga was among the damaged facilities.
Loading operations at Ust-Luga ceased at the end of March following intensified attacks on energy infrastructure along the Baltic coast.
There were also reports of damage to the ‘Minudobreniya’ nitrogen chemical plant in the town of Rossosh in the Voronezh region. The plant produces ammonium nitrate, which is used, among other things, in the manufacture of explosives.
Ust-Luga and Primorsk remain the main routes for Russian oil exports via the Baltic Sea. In March 2026, the port of Ust-Luga was repeatedly targeted, as was the port of Primorsk on the opposite shore of the Gulf of Finland.
The port of Ust-Luga has the capacity to export around 700,000 barrels of oil per day, as well as oil, fuel oil and vacuum gas oil. Primorsk’s capacity allows for the shipment of around 1 million barrels of oil and around 300,000 barrels of diesel fuel daily.
On 1 April, Finnish border guards recorded a sharp decline in oil and gas exports from Russia via these ports. Previously, 40–50 tankers and gas carriers passed through the Baltic Sea every week, whereas now only a small number of vessels are leaving from both ports, Mikko Hirvi, head of the maritime security department at the Finnish Border Guard, told Reuters.
