Drones Destroyed at Least One Oil Loading Pier at Port of Ust-Luga

Satellite images of the Ust-Luga oil port reveal the destruction of at least one oil loading pier, with another one damaged.

This is reported by Militarnyi citing satellite images available to the publication and photos released by the Dnipro Osint channel.

New high-resolution satellite images show an ongoing fire caused by a spill of petroleum products. In addition to damage to the berths, the images also reveal the effects of the fire in the area with damaged storage tanks and technical trestles.

Ukraine struck Russia’s largest oil port, Primorsk, on the night of Monday, March 23. The drone strikes caused massive fires that engulfed most of the berths and two tankers at the Transneft Port of Primorsk facility.

On the night of March 25, Ukrainian drones struck the Russian oil port of Ust-Luga — the second-largest and most modern seaport on the Baltic Sea and one of the largest in Europe.

On the night of March 27, the Ukrainian Armed Forces again struck the Russian oil terminals Primorsk and Ust-Luga in the Leningrad Oblast of the Russian Federation with drones.

Amid the attacks and the subsequent shutdown of the Primorsk and Ust-Luga ports, Russian oil companies warned buyers that they may declare force majeure regarding shipments from major Baltic Sea ports.

According to estimates by Reuters, at least 40% of Russia’s oil export capacity has been halted following Ukrainian drone attacks on oil ports, the shutdown of one branch of the Druzhba pipeline, and the detention of tankers. This is the most serious disruption to oil supplies in Russia’s modern history — about 2 million barrels per day.

In addition to the complete shutdown of the ports of Primorsk and Ust-Luga, the oil terminal in Novorossiysk, capable of handling up to 700,000 barrels per day, is operating below capacity following damage caused by a powerful attack by Ukrainian drones in early March 2026.

Furthermore, regular detentions of Russia-linked tankers in Europe have disrupted Arctic oil exports of about 300,000 barrels per day from the port of Murmansk.

At the same time, Russia continues uninterrupted oil deliveries via pipelines to China, specifically along the Skovorodino-Mohe and Atasu-Alashankou routes, as well as maritime exports of ESPO crude through the port of Kozmino. In total, these routes account for approximately 1.9 million barrels per day.

Oil shipments from two Far Eastern projects on Sakhalin are also continuing, approximately 250,000 barrels per day, and another 300,000 barrels per day are being supplied to oil refineries in Belarus.