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Drones strike Russia’s Ust-Luga port again as EU officials visit Ukraine

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 689 words · By Al Jazeera Staff
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What to know about Drones strike Russia’s Ust-Luga port again as EU officials visit Ukraine

Drones strike Russia’s Ust-Luga port again as EU officials visit Ukraine Attacks come as Ukraine says its air defences shot down 267 out of 289 drones launched by Russia overnight.

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What happened

Drones strike Russia’s Ust-Luga port again as EU officials visit Ukraine Attacks come as Ukraine says its air defences shot down 267 out of 289 drones launched by Russia overnight.

Why it matters

Ukrainian drones have struck Russia’s Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga for the fifth time in 10 days, as Kyiv continues to step up attacks on Russia’s oil export infrastructure.

Common ground

Regional governor Alexander Drozdenko said on Tuesday that three people, including two children, were treated for injuries and several buildings were damaged in the overnight attacks.

Perspective signals

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Claim 1: “Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called on partners to remain focused on the war in Ukraine despite the widening impact of the war with Iran”
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Claim 2: “Peace talks to end the war in Ukraine have been suspended due to the Middle East war”
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Claim 3: “At least 40 percent of Russia’s oil export capacity has been halted due to drone attacks, a disputed strike on a major pipeline and the seizure of tankers, according to Reuters news agency calculations based on market data”
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Claim 4: “Ukraine has stepped up attacks on Russia’s oil export infrastructure over the past month, launching its heaviest drone attacks of the more than four-year war against the Baltic ports of Ust-Luga and Primorsk”
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Claim 5: “Ukrainian drones have struck Russia’s Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga for the fifth time in 10 days”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The petroleum or oil industry in Russia is one of the largest in the world. Russia has the largest reserves and as of 2017, was the largest exporter of natural gas. As of 2020 it had the sixth largest…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_industry_in_Russia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 January 2026 to the present day.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ust-Luga Multimodal Complex (Russian: Мультимодальный комплекс Усть-Луга, Multimodalnyi kompleks Ust-Luga) is a project aimed at development of the portside area of about 3000 hectares located on the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ust-Luga_Multimodal_Complex
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Claim 6: “Regional governor Alexander Drozdenko said on Tuesday that three people, including two children, were treated for injuries and several buildings were damaged in the overnight attacks”
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Claim 7: “Attacks come as Ukraine says its air defences shot down 267 out of 289 drones launched by Russia overnight”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest city in Ukraine. Located in the northeast of the country, it is the largest city of the historic region of Sloboda Ukraine. Kharkiv is the adminis…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and several of its European Axis allies starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II. More than 3.8 million Axis troo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Socialist Party of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Соціалістична партія України, romanized: Sotsialistychna partiia Ukrainy, abbreviated SPU) was a social democratic and democratic socialist political party i…
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Claim 8: “Oil prices have surged to their highest level in nearly two weeks amid escalation on multiple fronts of the US-Israel war on Iran, with Brent crude, the global benchmark, topping $116 a barrel”
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Claim 9: “According to source-based data, the port exported 32.9 million metric tonnes of oil products last year and typically handles about 700,000 barrels of crude oil per day”
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Claim 10: “Drones strike Russia’s Ust-Luga port again as EU officials visit Ukraine”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The petroleum or oil industry in Russia is one of the largest in the world. Russia has the largest reserves and as of 2017, was the largest exporter of natural gas. As of 2020 it had the sixth largest…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russian shadow fleet is a clandestine network of hundreds of vessels operated by Russia to evade sanctions, following the enactment of 2022 Russian crude oil price cap sanctions by the G7 countrie…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ukrainian attacks on Russian vessels, including oil tankers from the "Russian shadow fleet", are actions conducted by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) targeting Russia-linked ships. Primarily car…
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Claim 11: “Ust-Luga, on the southeastern shore of the Gulf of Finland, is a sprawling complex of oil-processing facilities and export terminals handling crude oil and oil products”
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Claim 12: “Hungary is also blocking progress on talks about Ukraine’s accession to the EU”
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Claim 13: “The United Nations has verified 15,364 civilians killed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, though it says the actual number is likely to be higher”
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Claim 14: “The European Union’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas and several EU foreign ministers reiterated their support for Ukraine as they arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday to mark the fourth anniversary of Russia’s massacre in Bucha, where Ukrainian officials and rights groups say Russian troops killed more than 400 people”
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Claim 15: “Authorities said it was hit on March 22, 25, 27, 29 and 31, forcing suspensions of export operations”
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