Ukraine Strikes Two Russian Refineries, Baltic Sea Port
A satellite near-infrared image shows smoke rising from oil storage tanks at Russia’s Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga, which was struck multiple times in Ukrainian attacks, in Ust-Luga, Russia March 29, 2026. Vantor/Handout via REUTERS
Ukraine Strikes Two Russian Refineries, Baltic Sea Port
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April 18, 2026
April 18 (Reuters) – Ukrainian drones struck a handful of Russia’s oil facilities overnight, including two oil refineries in the Samara region and a Baltic Sea port that exports petroleum products, Russian local governors and a Ukrainian army official said on Saturday.
Kyiv’s troops have in recent weeks stepped up
attacks on Russian oil depots and refineries
– key sources of revenue for Moscow’s war budget – sometimes targeting sites thousands of kilometers from Ukraine’s borders.
In the Leningrad region, which surrounds St Petersburg and borders Finland, Governor Alexander Drozdenko said a fire had been extinguished at the Vysotsk port, which houses a terminal oper
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