Ukraine Targets Russia’s Ust-Luga Oil Terminal and Buyan-M Warship in Overnight Strike
Ukraine’s Security Service says it hit Russian port and oil facilities in Ust-Luga and struck a Buyan-M-class missile ship, damaging fuel storage tanks and sparking large fires at the Novatek-Ust-Luga terminal.
Ukrainian forces say they have struck deep inside Russia’s Leningrad region, hitting energy infrastructure and a naval vessel in the port of Ust-Luga.
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU), working with other units of the country’s Defense Forces, reported an overnight operation on 11 November against Russian port, oil and transport facilities in Ust-Luga, as well as a Buyan-M-class missile ship.
According to the SBU’s account, several petroleum product storage tanks were damaged at the Novatek-Ust-Luga oil terminal, triggering a major fire. Fires were also reported at the Faktor JSC terminal and at the Luzhskaya railway station that serves the port.
The SBU said the same operation included a strike on a Buyan-M-class missile ship, a type of Russian vessel used for launching cruise missiles. The Ukrainian service described the action as a planned operation, carried out together with other Defense Forces units.
Independent assessments of the full scale of the damage were not available in the material provided. The Russian side’s detailed description of the incident, including any casualty figures, was not included either.
The next meaningful indicators will be confirmation from Russian authorities on the scope of the fires and damage in Ust-Luga, any information on the condition of the Buyan-M-class ship, and signs that similar long-range Ukrainian operations are being prepared against other Russian infrastructure or naval assets.
Sources
- OSINT