Ukraine hits Russia's Ust-Luga oil terminal – General Staff

Ukraine's Defense Forces struck Ust-Luga oil terminal in Russia's Leningrad region overnight on April 7, with preliminary reports confirming hits on three storage tanks belonging to Transneft-Baltika, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) said on Tuesday.

"This facility is an important part of Russia's oil product export infrastructure, the proceeds from which are used to continue armed aggression against Ukraine. The extent of the damage is being clarified," the AFU said in the statement.

The General Staff also updated the results of strikes carried out on April 5.

"As a result of the strike on the Transneft-Port Primorsk port, three RVSP-20000 tanks were damaged, followed by a fire involving oil products. An RVSP-20000 is a tank with a capacity of 20,000 cubic meters. It is a standard type of tank used for the long-term storage of oil, oil products and other flammable liquids. It was also clarified that during the April 5 strike on Lukoil- Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez LLC, elements of the AVT-6 and AVT-1 crude oil primary processing units, as well as unit 19/6 used in the production of petroleum bitumen, were damaged," the General Staff said.

As reported, in late March Ukrainian forces struck Russia's oil terminal at the port of Ust-Luga in the Baltic Sea in Russia's Leningrad region five times within ten days. Strikes were also carried out on the Baltic port of Primorsk. This led to a sharp reduction in Russian oil flows through Baltic ports to their lowest level since the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022.