SBU Confirms Ust-Luga Strike, Says Kalibr-Carrying Missile Ship Also Hit

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on Wednesday, Nov. 11, that its drones hit oil and port facilities at Russia’s key Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga overnight, noting that the same operation destroyed a Russian missile ship armed with Kalibr and Oniks cruise missiles.The attack was carried out with several other units of Ukraine’s Defense Forces, with drones from the SBU’s Alpha Special Operations Center striking several tanks at the Novatek-Ust-Luga terminal, each with a capacity of 30,000 tons.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.“For the terror against Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure, Russia is receiving a response on its own territory,” the SBU said in a statement.Fires reported across the portThe strike on the Novatek terminal caused a spill of petroleum products, according to the agency.At the nearby Ust-Luga Oil terminal, several tanks of petroleum products were damaged and a large fire broke out, while fires were also reported at the Factor terminal and at Luzhskaya railway station, which serves the port.In a separate statement on Wednesday, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), which also confirmed the strike, said the port’s tank farm was hit hardest.According to its preliminary assessment, five tanks of petroleum products with a combined capacity of 150,000 cubic meters (about 943,000 barrels) were damaged, setting off a major fire.Both reports pointed that the damage reached beyond storage. Other Topics of Interest Armenia Boycotts Russia’s CSTO Alliance as Putin Hosts Moscow Summit Moscow is seeking to revive its Russia-led security bloc, but Armenia’s boycott and shifting regional ties expose its growing divisions. While the SBU pointed to storage tanks, pumping stations, pipelines and equipment for moving oil and fuel onto ships, the General Staff listed a hydrocracking unit, where a second fire started, an air-cooling unit, a pumping station and the pier where tankers are loaded with petroleum products.Fire and rescue crews were still working at the sites at the time of report.The General Staff argued that every damaged tank, unit or pier cuts the oil revenue Moscow uses to fund its war against Ukraine and to build weapons. Ukraine, according to the statement, is acting under its right to self-defense in Article 51 of the UN Charter.Ship carrying missiles destroyedDuring the same operation, the agency said it planned and carried out a strike on the Naro-Fominsk, a Project 21631 Buyan-M small missile ship launched in 2022, that can fire Kalibr and Oniks cruise missiles.It was not immediately clear to what extent the ship was damaged.“In addition, information regarding the destruction of Russian combat helicopters is being verified,” the SBU said, without providing further information.Russia confirms fireLeningrad regional Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko earlier confirmed that drones struck the port area in the Kingisepp district, southwest of St. Petersburg, claiming that Russian air defenses intercepted 150 drones over the Leningrad region during Ukraine’s overnight attack.According to regional Russian authorities, the attack also forced an emergency shutdown of a transformer substation in Ust-Lunga.Lying about 110 kilometers (70 miles) west of St. Petersburg, near the Estonian border, Ust-Luga’s Novatek complex turns gas condensate into naphtha, jet fuel and marine fuel components.Together with Primorsk, the port is one of Russia’s main outlets for shipping oil.According to Reuters in March, the two ports together account for roughly 40% of Russia’s seaborne oil exports. In 2025, Russia exported around 700,000 barrels of oil per day through Ust-Luga.Ukraine has targeted Ust-Luga since at least January 2024, when the SBU struck the Novatek gas terminal.On Aug. 14, Ukraine attacked the port with 54 drones, marking it at least the sixth such attack in 2026 alone. Kyiv Post is Ukraine’s first and oldest English news organization, reporting since 1995. Its international reach – 90% of readers are outside of Ukraine – make it truly Ukraine’s global voice.