Ust-Luga Ablaze Again as 54 Ukrainian Drones Hit Russia’s Key Baltic Oil Port

Ukraine attacked Russia’s key Baltic oil port of Ust-Luga with 54 drones overnight on Aug. 14, triggering a fire and disrupting operations. The strike marks at least the sixth attack on the port this year as Kyiv intensifies efforts to hit Russia’s lucrative oil-export infrastructure.

Aug 14 - Firefighters were battling flames on Friday at Russia's Baltic Sea port Ust-Luga, a major energy exports hub, after a fire sparked by a drone attack, regional governor Aleksander Drozdenko said on messaging app Telegram.

Drone attacks spark fire at Russian energy export port of Ust-Luga, governor says  Reuters

Port infrastructure damaged in Ukrainian drone strike on Russia's Leningrad Oblast, governor says  The Kyiv Independent

Russia is one of the world's biggest energy producers, with oil providing an economic mainstay as its military tries to push deeper into Ukraine in a slow and costly advance more than four years after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion.

Russia is one of the world’s biggest energy producers, with oil providing an economic mainstay as its army tries to push deeper into Ukraine in a slow and costly advance more than four years after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion.

Ukrainian drones have struck a major refinery deep inside Russia, marking the fourth attack in three days

This is the fourth refinery targeted in three days in Kyiv’s months-long campaign to choke Moscow’s vital oil sector

Ukrainian drones attacked Russia’s Krasnodar Krai in the early hours of August 12, with “several hundred” of them targeting Novorossiysk, Anapa, Gelendzhik, and the Temryuk District, according to Governor Veniamin Kondratyev.