Ukraine set fire to Russia’s largest oil terminal and two tankers overnight Friday in its largest drone attack against the Kremlin in months.
The port of Primorsk, which has the ability to load about one million barrels of crude oil per day, was for the first time in its war forced to suspend loadings, two industry sources and Ukraine’s military told Reuters.
There was no reported oil spillage, but two vessels were set ablaze, including one with the capacity to carry 700,000 barrels of oil.
Ukraine launched an overnight attack on the port of Primorsk, Russia’s largest crude oil terminal. Telegram/exilenova_plus
Operations at the northwestern port were suspended in the aftermath of the overnight attack. It is not clear if they have since resumed, though the fires had been extinguishe