{"id":1372590,"date":"2026-03-23T07:54:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T05:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/drones-attacked-russias-largest-oil-loading-port-on-the-baltic-sea\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T07:54:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T05:54:45","slug":"drones-attacked-russias-largest-oil-loading-port-on-the-baltic-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/drones-attacked-russias-largest-oil-loading-port-on-the-baltic-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Drones attacked Russia&#8217;s largest oil loading port on the Baltic Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On the night of March 23, explosions were heard in the port city of Primorsk in the Leningrad Region of Russia, followed by a fire at an oil terminal. The attack damaged a fuel tank, the facility was shut down, and personnel were evacuated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This is reported by Russian media.<\/p>\n<p> The Governor of the Leningrad Region, Alexander Drozdenko, stated that the region was attacked by drones, which were allegedly destroyed by air defense and electronic warfare means.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;A fuel tank was damaged in the port of Primorsk, a fire broke out. Firefighting is underway, personnel have been evacuated,&#8221; said Alexander Drozdenko.<\/p>\n<p> According to him, more than 50 drones were allegedly destroyed over the region. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?23\" data-telegram-post=\"Tsaplienko\/90069\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-start\"> At the same time, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov\/map\/#d:24hrs;@28.61,60.30,10.89z\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NASA Firms<\/a> , which tracks fires around the world, a fire was also <u>recorded<\/u> in Primorsk at port infrastructure facilities. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?23\" data-telegram-post=\"exilenova_plus\/17815\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> The port of Primorsk is the largest Russian oil port on the Baltic Sea and the terminus of the Baltic Pipeline System. It handles a significant portion of Russian oil exports by sea.<\/p>\n<p> The facility is located approximately 920 kilometers from the border with Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1372582 \" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Znimok-ekrana-2026-03-23-053117.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"713\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Znimok-ekrana-2026-03-23-053117.png 1211w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Znimok-ekrana-2026-03-23-053117-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Znimok-ekrana-2026-03-23-053117-1024x747.png 1024w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Znimok-ekrana-2026-03-23-053117-768x561.png 768w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Znimok-ekrana-2026-03-23-053117-650x474.png 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> We will remind you that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/zsu-urazyly-zrk-buk-u-brianskiy-oblasti-ta-nyzku-vazhlyvykh-ob-iektiv-rosiian-naslidky-ataky\/\">the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a number of military facilities of the Russian occupiers in the territory of the Russian Federation and the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine<\/a> . In particular, a Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system was hit in the Bryansk region.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the night of March 23, explosions were heard in the port city of Primorsk in the Leningrad Region of Russia, followed by a fire at an oil terminal. The attack damaged a fuel tank, the facility was shut down, and personnel were evacuated. This is reported by Russian media. The Governor of the Leningrad [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1372580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76872,76874,76871],"class_list":["post-1372590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-feed","category-war","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1372590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1372580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1372590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1372590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}