Near St. Petersburg, the terminal of the gas company Novatek in the port of Ust-Luga is on fire.
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According to the St. Petersburg publication Fontanka, before the explosions and fire in the port, two drones were recorded flying in that direction.
At the terminal, liquefied gas was pumped onto tankers. It is located 856 km from the Ukrainian border.
On the evening of January 20, several unknown drones flew to Tula. The Shcheglovsky Val plant is located there, which, in particular, produces Pantsir-S complexes and modernizes other equipment.
Telegram channels write that the Shcheglovsky Val military plant arrived in Tula.
A strong explosion and fire occurred in the Proletarsky district. The Shcheglovsky Val plant is located there, producing, among others, the Pantsir-S complexes,” the Russian public page “VChK-OGPU” reported at 1.15.
Muscovites also wrote about night drone attacks in the Tula, Oryol and Smolensk regions.
Governor of the Leningrad Region Alexander Drozdenko reported that a fire occurred at the terminal of the Novatek company in the port of Ust-Luga. The personnel were evacuated and there were no casualties, Drozdenko assures.
He added that a high alert regime has been introduced in the Kingisep district of the region, and the head of the district is leading a meeting of the operational headquarters.
At the same time, Drozdenko did not specify the cause of the fire in the port.
At night, the telegram channel “Caution, News,” citing residents of Kingisepp, reported that they heard the sounds of flying drones.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has not yet commented on the events that occurred in the port of Ust-Luga.
The Leningrad region was attacked by drones for the first time on January 18. Until now, the northernmost and most distant point from Ukraine was officially called the Pskov region.
The Russian Ministry of Defense wrote about drones shot down over the Smolensk region, as well as about “downed Ukrainian drones” over the Oryol and Tula regions. Tula telegram channels showed footage of a flash in the sky and the sound of a strong explosion.
Source: Racurs
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