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Ukraine Strikes Port Facilities in Russia’s Leningrad Region
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Ukraine Strikes Port Facilities in Russia’s Leningrad Region

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A drone attack damaged the port area of Ust-Luga in Russia’s Leningrad region and caused a fire, the regional governor said.
  • Russian authorities reported downing 52 drones in Leningrad and said air defenses intercepted or destroyed 516 fixed-wing Ukrainian drones across 18 regions, Crimea and the Black Sea.
  • Several residential buildings were damaged in the Samara region, while local authorities said residents would be housed temporarily and that no one had died.

A Ukrainian drone attack damaged the port area of Ust-Luga in Russia’s Leningrad region and started a fire, the regional governor said. Emergency services were working at the site, according to Alexandr Drozdenko’s statement on Telegram.

Drozdenko said Russian forces had shot down 52 Ukrainian drones in the region. The attacks also prompted drone danger alerts in Estonia, Latvia and Finland, according to the Estonian outlet Delfi.

As a result of the drone attack, there is damage in the port area of Ust-Luga, and there is a fire. Emergency services are working at the scene.

— Alexandr DrozdenkoThe Leningrad region governor described the damage and emergency response after the attack.

In the Samara region, several drones hit residential buildings, Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said. Residents in several cities woke to the sound of air defenses, he wrote on the Russian messaging network MAX. He said most of the drones had been downed by the military and mobile air-defense teams, but that several homes had been damaged.

Today, residents of several cities in the Samara region woke up to the roar of air defenses. Most of the drones were shot down by the military and mobile air-defense teams. Unfortunately, several homes were damaged. The main thing is that everyone is alive.

— Vyacheslav FedorishchevThe Samara governor described the attack and reported that there were no deaths.

Fedorishchev visited Novokuybyshevsk, where he met residents of one damaged building and said those affected would be accommodated in temporary shelters. Ukrainian channels Supernova+ and Exilenova+ reported attacks on Novokuybyshevsk, where a building was damaged, and on Tolyatti.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said overnight air defenses had “intercepted and destroyed 516 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones” over 18 Russian regions, the annexed Crimean Peninsula and the Black Sea.

intercepted and destroyed 516 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones

— Russia’s Defense MinistryThe ministry’s account of overnight drone activity across Russia, Crimea and the Black Sea.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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