Satellite data indicates ongoing fires at oil facilities in Russia’s Primorsk and Ust-Luga, despite claims from Leningrad region’s governor that the fire at Ust-Luga was contained Sunday.
Russian Oil Facilities Hit by Drone Strikes
NASA’s FIRMS satellite resource, which detects heat signatures, showed Primorsk was still burning as of 02:54 BST on Monday. A heat signature was also detected at Ust-Luga at 12:28 on Monday.
BBC Verify has confirmed several videos showing the aftermath of attacks on all three facilities in the past week, including footage of large smoke plumes rising from Primorsk.
The commander of Ukrainian military drone forces, Robert Brovdi, stated that operations targeting the three Baltic oil export facilities were carried out between March 23 and 28.
Brovdi added the strikes aimed to “demilitarise Russia’s oil arteries, refining capacity and crude export infrastructure.”
Ukraine’s military identified the Kirishi refinery as one of the three largest oil-processing plants in Russia, noting its production of “fuels that support the armed forces of the aggressor state.”
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