Fire reported at Ust-Luga port after overnight drone attack, governor says three injured

A fire broke out at the Baltic port of Ust-Luga in Russia's Leningrad region after a drone attack overnight on Nov. 10-11, according to multiple social media accounts and Telegram channels. A post by @Maks_NAFO_FELLA said port infrastructure was burning after the attack, though it did not say who carried it out ¹.

NEXTA, a Telegram channel, quoted Leningrad Governor Alexander Drozdenko as confirming several drone hits and a fire at the port, and said three workers were injured ⁷⁸. NEXTA also reported a glow visible from Estonia ⁶, and a separate post said the fire could be seen from there ⁴. The governor's statement is relayed second-hand and has not been independently checked here.

The Kyiv Independent, citing monitoring channels, reported that Ukraine had reportedly struck the port as drones targeted regions across Russia ². @Osinttechnical said Ukrainian drones hit the oil export terminal and set it ablaze ⁵, and @NotWoofers posted footage it said showed multiple explosions at the terminal ³. Ukraine's government has not been quoted in the material available.

@front_ukrainian said NASA's FIRMS fire-detection service showed hotspots in the port and the adjacent water area ¹⁰. On the morning after the attack, @sentdefender and @Osint613 said smoke was still rising from continuing fires ¹¹¹³.

Claims about military aircraft losses are less well supported. WarTranslated said Russia may have lost one or more aircraft in the attack ⁹. @bayraktar_1love, citing Russian military sources, said a Ka-52 helicopter and its crew were lost ¹⁴. @sentdefender said two Ka-52s and an Mi-8 were downed by what it described as a mix of friendly air defense and hostile action ¹². None of these accounts is confirmed by an official statement in the material, and the figures differ between posts.

The strike came as Russia's own attacks on Ukraine continued. Ukraine's air force reported large drone and missile attacks over the preceding days, and a drone swarm was reported heading toward the St. Petersburg area shortly before the Ust-Luga reports. Those reports are mostly unconfirmed.

No deaths have been reported at the port. The scale of damage to the terminal, which accounts mention only in broad terms, and the attackers' exact means remain unverified.