Drones Attack Russia’s Largest Oil Port, Fire Erupts on Ship at Primorsk

On the night of September 12th, drones attacked Russia’s largest oil terminal, the Port of Primorsk on the Baltic Sea, located in the Leningrad region.

Astra reported on this.

As a result of the attack, a fire broke out on one of the ships. A blaze also occurred at a pumping station within the port.

The region’s governor, Alexander Drozdenko, stated in the morning that Russian air defenses had allegedly shot down 30 drones over the region.

“A fire on one of the vessels at the Port of Primorsk is being extinguished. The fire suppression system was activated,” the official wrote on Telegram.

Later, he reported that the fire on the ship had been fully extinguished.

Just half an hour later, the governor also announced that the fire at the pumping station in the Port of Primorsk had been extinguished.

The residents of Russia’s Leningrad region and the city of St. Petersburg reported continued explosions as of 7 a.m. and described it as one of the largest drone attacks on the region since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to Astra.

In the morning, the Ministry of Defense of the aggressor state claimed that 28 UAVs had allegedly been shot down overnight over the Leningrad region.

Meanwhile, Russia is facing a rapidly escalating fuel crisis, triggered by a series of Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refineries.

Initially, the problem for the invaders was localized, but it has now spread across a significant part of Russia’s European territory.

At the end of August, the fuel shortage was mostly reported in the eastern regions – Zabaykalsky Krai, Primorsky Krai, the Kuril Islands, and occupied Crimea. However, by September, the issue had already affected more than 20 regions.