Drone attack triggers fire in Russia's Baltic port of Ust-Luga, Ukraine says it launched the attack

A drone attack ​caused a fire ‌in the port ​area of Ust-Luga by the Baltic Sea in Russia's northwest, injuring three workers, regional ‌governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said on Telegram on Wednesday.

Ukraine later said it had launched the attack on the port, triggering a fire and damaging ‌part of its network of fuel tanks. "According to preliminary information, as ‌a result of drone strikes on the port's oil infrastructure, the tank network suffered the most damage," Ukraine's General Staff said on Telegram, noting five tanks had ⁠sustained ​damage.

In his ⁠comments, governor Drozdenko said that a power station was also cut off as a ⁠result of the attack, during which 150 drones were shot down over ​the Leningrad region, which is also home to a major ⁠oil refinery and the city of St Petersburg, the hometown of President Vladimir ⁠Putin. Ust-Luga ​is a major oil, oil products and grain export outlet, along with other commodities.

NATO scrambled jets overnight after at least ⁠four drones strayed into the airspace of the Baltic states during Ukrainian strikes ⁠on Russia, ⁠officials said, triggering brief alerts to citizens of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to seek shelter.