💥 Attack

Ukrainian forces struck a Novatek gas terminal at the Ust-Luga port in Leningrad Oblast with drones on the night of January 3 to 4.

January 4, 2025 Ust-Luga, Leningrad Oblast

Verified Independently confirmed by 5 sources

Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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

Entities

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

Source Reports

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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

Kyiv Post → Source tone: speculation

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.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

SSU drones attacked Ust-Luga terminal on January 4, damaging one tank and destroying three others with debris.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:39.023Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-january-4-2025