Ukrainian drones struck the Transneft-Port Primorsk oil terminal in Primorsk, Leningrad Oblast, damaging a fuel tank and causing a fire.
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Ukrainian drones struck the port of Primorsk on the Baltic Sea – one of Russia's largest oil export hubs
A fuel tank was damaged, causing a fire. Firefighting efforts are underway, and personnel have been evacuated
Ukrainian forces targeted the Transneft oil terminal at the port of Primorsk in Leningrad Oblast and the Bashneft-Ufaneftekhim refinery in Ufa, Bashkortostan, overnight on March 23
A fuel tank and oil-loading infrastructure were hit, causing a fire that is still ongoing at the facility in Primorsk
Primorsk handles around 60 million tons of oil annually and is Russia's main oil export hub on the Baltic Sea
NASA FIRMS satellite imagery showed signs of fire across the entire oil storage facility at the port of Primorsk. The images indicated that at least four tanks were on fire.
Ukrainian forces struck the oil tank farm and oil loading infrastructure of the Transneft-Port Primorsk oil terminal in Primorsk, Leningrad Oblast, causing a fire.
Russian authorities reported a massive drone attack early Monday morning; at the port in Primorsk, Leningrad region, a fuel tank was damaged in the attack, which caused a fire. According to Ukrinform, the BBC News Russian service reported this.
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