Leningrad Region Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko reported that 54 Ukrainian drones targeted the region overnight. A fire broke out at Ust-Luga, a key Russian Baltic Sea port, following the strike. The blaze was extinguished after several hours with no deaths or injuries.

The port area, which houses a major gas-processing complex and Europe’s largest oil terminal for transshipment of petroleum products from rail to sea tankers, has been hit by Ukrainian drones on multiple occasions in recent months.

St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport reported rescheduling flights due to aerial incursions.

Also on Friday, Ukraine struck a residential building in Bryansk, killing one person and injuring at least six others, according to acting governor Egor Kovalchuk. A separate drone attack in the village of Snytkino left one person wounded.

The Russian Defense Ministry stated that 553 Ukrainian UAVs were intercepted or shot down over 19 regions overnight.

Moscow has condemned Ukrainian drone strikes on infrastructure and residential areas inside Russia as terrorist attacks aimed at compensating for Ukraine’s military setbacks where Russian forces have continued their steady advance. In response, Russia has intensified long-range missile and drone strikes against Ukraine’s military-industrial facilities and logistics infrastructure. The Defense Ministry reported 14 such strikes in a week targeting weapons production plants, logistics centers, fuel, energy, transport infrastructure, military airfields, and ports used by Ukrainian forces for cargo unloading and storage.

Russian forces also targeted 15 oceangoing vessels operating in the interests of the Ukrainian military, including a tanker, seven dry cargo ships, two tugboats, and five patrol boats.