On the night of 11 November, the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), together with other units of Ukraine's Defence Forces, struck key Russian port, oil refining and transport infrastructure facilities at the port of Ust-Luga in the Leningrad region.
According to preliminary information, drones operated by the SSU's Alpha Special Operations Centre struck infrastructure at the Novatek-Ust-Luga terminal, including several storage tanks with a capacity of 30,000 tonnes each. An oil product spill was also reported.
At the Ust-Luga Oil terminal, several petroleum product storage tanks were damaged, triggering a large-scale fire. Fires were also recorded at the terminal operated by JSC Faktor and at the Luzhskaya railway station.
The main damage affected tank farms, pumping stations, pipelines and infrastructure used for handling and transferring crude oil and petroleum products. Firefighting and emergency response operations are continuing at the affected facilities.
As part of the same operation, the SBU also planned and carried out a strike against the Project 21631 Buyan-M small missile ship Naro-Fominsk. The vessel is capable of carrying Kalibr and Oniks cruise missiles and was launched in 2022.
Reports of the destruction of Russian combat helicopters are also being investigated.
The SSU continues its systematic campaign to disable Russia's oil infrastructure, reducing revenues flowing into the Kremlin's budget that finance the production of missiles, drones and other weapons used in the war against Ukraine.
