Traces of oil spill emerged after attacking drones off the coast of the Gulf of Finland, local residents said.
The Seaport of Primorsk in the Leningrad region was attacked by drones on Friday night, September 12. As a result, fires appeared on two berths and an oil tanker. It is stated by the Russian publication Astra, which refers to resources in the Ministry of Emergency.
At 4am, the drone fell to the site near Berth No. 8, where the phosphorus tanker under the Hong Kong flag is that -mored, which loads diesel fuel. With fire, shipment operations stopped.
The second UAV fell near Berth No. 2, where the tanker stands under the Sierra Leone flag. With fire and strong smoke, terminal employees flew.
The third drone was struck by oil tanker Cousteau under the Sierra Leone flag. A tanker fire started, the crew of 28 people fled, no one was injured.
The fourth drone damaged the equipment for accounting and pumping oil in the Berth Zone No. 1, where a fire occurred, as well as a container for oil storage in oil equipment No. 1.
Technological operations in the port stopped. There are no victims and victims as a result of attacks, the media said.
Local residents reported that after attacking beaches in the village of Karasevka, traces of oil spill appeared on the banks of Finland.
Ukrainian media sources in the SBU have confirmed the defeat of Primorsk oil port in the Gulf of Finland of the Leningrad region.
Nearly 60 million tons of oil pass through the Port of Primorsk earlier, carrying the Russian Federation of approximately $ 15 billion.
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