Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv also hit two of Russia’s shadow fleet tankers near the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. Two sides have continued to fire hundreds of drones at each other on a daily basis.
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Ukrainian drones hit Russia’s Primorsk oil terminal
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv also hit two of Russia’s shadow fleet tankers near the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. Two sides have continued to fire hundreds of drones at each other on a daily basis.
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The port of Primorsk
Local authorities said more than 60 drones were downed over the Leningrad region where the oil export terminal Primorsk is locatedImage: Peter Kovalev/ITAR-TASS/IMAGO
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Ukraine launched dozens of drones at the oil loading port of Primorsk in Russia’s northwest on Sunday, sparking a fire, the local governor said.
Primorsk, on the Baltic Sea, is one of Russia’s largest export hubs, with the capacity to handle one million barrels of oil a day.
Regional Governor Alexander Drozdenko said on the Telegram messaging app that the fire had been extinguished and that no oil spill had been reported following the attack. He also said more than 60 drones had been shot down over the region.
The independent outlet Astra cited satellite image analysis and said the oil terminal and a Pantsir air defense system were likely hit.
Ukraine has stepped up drone attacks on Russian energy infrastructure in recent months in a bid to harm the Russian economy and disrupt fuel.
supplies to Russian forces. Kyiv targets Russia’s ‘shadow’ tankers
Ukraine also hit two shadow fleet tankers near the entrance to the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday. The so-called shadow tankers are aging vessels used to ship Russia’s sanctioned oil around the world.
“These tankers had been actively used to transport oil — not anymore,” Zelenskyy said on social media.
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