💥 Attack

Ukrainian forces struck a gas terminal at the Ust-Luga port in Leningrad Oblast on the night of January 3-4, 2025.

January 4, 2025 Ust-Luga, Leningrad Oblast

Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources

Kyiv Post UNIAN Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent

Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.

Entities

Ukrainian forces (military_unit) gas terminal at Ust-Luga port (location) Leningrad Oblast (location) Ust-Luga port (location) LPG terminal (location) Ukrainian troops (weapon_system) gas condensate reservoir (location) gas terminal (location) Ukrainian drones (weapon_system) Novatrans LLC terminal (location) Security Service of Ukraine (organization) SBU (organization) Novatrans terminal (location) Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) (organization) Ukrainian Security Service (organization) Novatek gas terminal (location) Ust-Luga Commercial Seaport (location) Novotrans (organization) Aleksandr Drozdenko (person)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces struck a gas terminal at Ust-Luga port

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian drones attempted to attack the port of Ust-Luga in Leningrad Oblast on January 4, 2025. Most drones were shot down over the Novatrans LLC terminal within the port territory, with damage to windows in one building reported.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces struck a gas terminal at the Ust-Luga port in Leningrad Oblast on the night of January 3 to 4. Geolocated footage published on January 4 shows damage to the Novatek gas terminal in Ust-Luga, Leningrad Oblast following a Ukrainian drone strike.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Drones attacked one of Russia's largest commercial seaports, Ust-Luga, targeting the Novotrans terminal

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: uncertain

Most drones were shot down over the Novotrans terminal

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:57:11.959Z

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