Situated 110 km west of St Petersburg close to the Estonian border, the terminal is operated by Novatek, Russia’s largest impartial pure gasoline producer.
Witnesses mentioned they heard the sounds of a drone.
“There aren’t any casualties on the Novatek terminal within the port of Ust-Luga. Staff have been evacuated,” Leningrad Oblast Governor Alexander Drozdenka reported by way of the Telegram platform. A brief video he posted exhibits a large fireplace and plume of smoke at a chemical advanced.
Based on the governor, within the district of Kingisep, the place Ust Luga is situated, a high-alert regime has been launched.
A. Drozdenka mentioned that the fireplace is already localized.
The Russian Emergencies Ministry and the native fireplace division are concerned in preventing the fireplace, he added.
Native official Jurijs Zapalackis mentioned the fireplace broke out round 2 a.m. 45 minutes native time.
The Ria-Novosti information company reported {that a} 100-cubic-meter tank was on fireplace.
The TASS company and different state media reported that the reason for the fireplace was not specified.
The Russian Protection Ministry introduced on Sunday that it had foiled the Ukrainian assaults final night time, however didn’t point out any incidents within the Leningrad area.
On the Ust Luga advanced, pure gasoline condensate is processed into gas elements for plane and ships, in response to Novatek’s web site.
In Ust Luga, the Nord Stream 2 gasoline pipeline constructed to Germany and by no means put into operation, towards which an act of sabotage was dedicated in September 2022, begins.
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2024-06-16 17:44:40
