Drone attack damages Russia’s Baltic oil port as drone crosses Latvia into Estonia
Finland separately restricted air and maritime traffic in the eastern Gulf of Finland. No drones entered Finnish territory.
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Ukrainian drones hit Russia’s Ust-Luga oil port for the 6th time this year
Fire breaks out at Baltic terminal handling nearly half of Russia's regional exports
Ukraine’s spy service and navy team up to strike two Russian crude tankers in the Black Sea
The "Mamai" naval drones destroyed vessels the SBU calls legitimate targets and working parts of Russia's war machine.
A month’s worth of Russia’s oil exports is stuck at sea—135 million barrels loaded but not delivered
Bloomberg's vessel-tracking and price data put the four-week value of Russia's seaborne crude exports back near $1.7 billion, down from a weekly spike near $2.5 billion on the chart earlier this year.
10% of Russia’s refining, half of Siberia’s fuel: the Omsk plant just lost its 2,500-km protection
At least two primary processing units burned with full pressure still in the pipes, monitoring channels reported from footage.
UK forces board the Russian shadow-fleet’s oil tanker in the English Channel for the first time
Royal Marines and crime-agency officers spent six hours seizing the Smyrtos, which now sits anchored off England's southern coast, the UK government said.
Primorsk takes the torch from Tuapse: NASA satellites confirm fresh fires at Russia’s largest Baltic oil export terminal
Monitoring channels reported Liutyi-looking drones over Leningrad Oblast overnight on 2-3 May, with Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg shut down and local authorities claiming 59 drones downed.
Russia is trying to block Ukraine’s defense deals with Gulf, and just added 8,000 troops to Africa
Despite these facts, Zelenskyy confirmed Ukraine will continue operations targeting Russia's export capacity.
Ukraine cut Russia’s oil exports by 880,000 barrels in one day — that’s $100 million every 24 hours
Russia tried to reroute oil from Sheskharis to Tuapse.
Ukraine keeps hitting same Russian oil terminal — and it’s getting worse every night
Ukraine is systematically destroying Russia's Baltic oil gateway.
Russia’s Baltic port resumed shipments two days ago. Ukraine just struck it again.
The 7 April attack hits the Baltic port again amid a wider campaign targeting Russia's major oil export hubs.
Fico joins Orbán in demanding the EU lift Russian energy sanctions — a week before Hungary’s election that could end Orbán’s 16-year rule
After a call with Orbán on 4 April, Slovakia's PM claimed Brussels must immediately reopen dialogue with Russia and restore Druzhba pipeline flows — revenues that directly fund Moscow's war against Ukraine.
Sweden finds a 12 km oil slick east of Gotland — boards sanctioned “shadow fleet” tanker
The Flora 1, which has unclear flag status and was sailing from a Gulf of Finland port toward an unknown destination, now sits at anchor near Ystad as prosecutors lead an environmental crime investigation.
Ust-Luga burning again: Ukraine is now hitting this Russian oil port every other day — the shadow fleet tankers that load here keep waiting offshore
Some drones entered Eatonia but were not intercepted, with a spokesperson noting that Russia's use of electronic warfare to deflect Ukrainian drones was likely behind the crossings.
Ust-Luga on fire again: Drone strikes keep Russia’s Baltic oil ports burning as Ukraine targets war revenues at source
Drone strikes have now hit Ust-Luga multiple times in days, targeting revenues that stand to grow as global prices rise amid the Iran war.
Ukraine hits Ust-Luga and Primorsk for the third time in five days — the pace suggests Kyiv is trying to destroy Russia’s Baltic oil export ports beyond repair
NASA satellite data confirmed new fires at both ports; together they handle 2 million barrels of Russian crude exports daily. A drone also struck Severstal's blast furnace in Cherepovets in the same night.
Reuters: 40% of Russia’s oil exports offline, mostly due to Ukrainian drone strikes — worst disruption in Russian history
Russia earns roughly a quarter of its state budget from oil and gas. This week's attacks halted oil loadings at both Russian Baltic Sea terminals.
Russia’s Baltic coast took three hits in one night: gas hub, oil terminal, military icebreaker — all confirmed by Ukraine (updated)
Russia's governor described the Ust-Luga fire as minor while black smoke rose over the port by morning. The SBU called the strike a "symbolic gift on SBU Day" and confirmed the Primorsk terminal — hit two nights earlier — was still burning.
Reuters: Ukraine’s drone strikes force Russia’s Ust-Luga oil port to halve operations in September
Pipeline damage limits the terminal to 350,000 barrels per day, according to two Reuters sources.
Ukraine knocks out 17% of Russia’s oil capacity — and that’s just this month, Reuters says
Moscow’s energy security unravels as Ukraine escalates long-range attacks on its most vulnerable assets.