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Ust-Luga and Primorsk to their lowest levels since pre-war time
By Ben Aris in Berlin Russia has lost over $1bn in oil export revenues Ukraine’s week-long attacks on its two most important Baltic Sea ports of Ust-Luga and Primorsk. Weekly shipments through both ports have fallen by two-thirds.
Oil storage tanks in the port of Primorsk in Russia's Leningrad Oblast are still on fire following a drone attack. Source: Astra and other Telegram channels. Details: Reports indi
The Russian oil port of Primorsk, a key facility for the nation’s exports of crude and fuels, suspended tanker loadings after an overnight drone strike caused a fire.
Russia’s largest oil port was crippled in a massive air attack by Ukrainian drones, officials said early Monday as images showed huge balls of fire. Several strikes blew up huge swathes of the Baltic Sea port of Primorsk — which processes at least a million barrels of oil per day in a market already crippled with rising prices over the Iran war.
Oil and LNG shipments from Russia's Baltic export hubs of Primorsk and Ust-Luga were at a halt on Wednesday, more than a week after Ukrainian drone attacks on them began, Finland's Border Guard, which monitors the region's marine traffic,
BBC Verify examines recent damage to three key Russian oil export facilities near the Baltic Sea.
Satellite images indicate that after the Ukrainian strike, at least four oil tanks are burning at one of Russia’s largest export oil terminals, "Transneft – Port Primorsk." — Ukrinform.
Russia's seaborne diesel and gasoil exports fell 3% in March from February to around 3.06 million metric tons as repeated drone attacks disrupted fuel loadings at key ports, data from market sources and LSEG showed.
On the evening of March 26, explosions began to be heard in the Leningrad region of the Russian Federation due to a drone attack. The shelling brought results: it is preliminary known that two Russian oil ports "Ust-Luga" and "Primorsk" were hit again, writes OBOZ.UA.
Ukraine launched a series of drone attacks on Russia's top export hubs, including Novorossiysk on the Black Sea as well as Primorsk and Ust-Luga on the Baltic Sea.