Russia's “window to Europe” is on fire. On the night of 7 April, Ukraine carried out a precision strike against the Ust-Luga Oil terminal in the village of Slobodka, Leningrad Oblast, Russia, according to Ukraine's General Staff.
Five strikes on the ports of Primorsk and Ust-Luga have already damaged terminals handling over 40% of Russia’s seaborne oil exports.
Preliminary assessments confirm the destruction of three storage tanks at Transneft-Baltika, a key node in Russia’s export infrastructure for petroleum products, the revenues of which fund the armed aggression against Ukraine.
The full scale of the damage is being clarified.
Tanks and processing units damaged
Additionally, the results of the previous strikes on 5 April were clarified:
- At Transneft-Port Primorsk, three RVSP-20000 tanks were damaged, resulting in fires involving petroleum products.
- At LLC Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez, components of the primary processing units AVT-6 and AVT-1 were damaged, along with unit 19/6, which is used to produce petroleum bitumens.
Paralyzing aggressor’s financial flow for war
“The Ukrainian Defense Forces will continue striking critical enemy facilities both in temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories and on Russian territory until the armed aggression against Ukraine fully ceases,” the General Staff emphasized.
Strikes on petroleum infrastructure are part of a systematic strategy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, combining precision targeting with maximizing economic impact for Moscow.
Earlier, Ukraine carried out strikes against the frigate Admiral Grigorovich in the port of Novorossiysk and the offshore drilling platform Sivash.
The vessel is a carrier of Kalibr cruise missiles, which Russia regularly uses to strike Ukrainian cities.
