Drone attack sparks fire at Russia's Ust-Luga energy port

Firefighters in Russia's Leningrad region were working on Friday to contain a blaze at the Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga, a key hub for energy exports, after a drone attack ignited the fire, according to regional governor Aleksander Drozdenko.

Writing on the Telegram messaging app, Drozdenko said more than fifty drones had been shot down across the region as authorities worked to repel the assault. The full extent of the damage at the port, which handles significant volumes of oil and oil products, was not immediately known.

The incident is part of a broader Ukrainian strategy to target Russian oil processing and export infrastructure, as well as grain shipping routes, aiming to cut off revenue to Moscow and pressure it to end the war.

In a related development, Latvia's armed forces reported that fighter jets had shot down a drone that entered its airspace. Finland also temporarily restricted navigation in parts of the Baltic Sea as a precaution against potential drone activity.

Ukraine has repeatedly struck more than a dozen major refineries across Russia, one of the world's largest oil producers, contributing to a domestic fuel shortage. Meanwhile, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Friday that over a dozen drones heading toward the capital had been intercepted overnight.