The Ukrainian Armed Forces Burned A Russian Tanker Carrying "Trump's Diesel"

11.11.2026, 17:25
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A Devastating Blow to Ust-Luga.

On the night of November 11, several large-scale fires broke out simultaneously at the port of Ust-Luga in the Leningrad Region following a massive drone attack. This was reported by OSINT analysts and the Telegram channel Astra. The local governor confirmed the attack and the fires.

According to analysts, the northern “Novatek-Ust-Luga” terminal for the fractionation and transshipment of gas condensate, oil storage tanks, the forest terminal, and the LNG terminal are on fire.

According to OSINT sources, the damage is severe. At “Novatek-Ust-Luga,” three RVS-30000 tanks containing petroleum products caught fire; the hydrocracking unit (one of three gas condensate primary processing units), the air-cooling equipment, the pump station, and the pier. At “Ust-Luga Oil,” according to preliminary data from analysts, two RVS-30000 tanks were hit. One of them, containing fuel oil, is burning over an area of more than 5,000 square meters, while the second, containing diesel fuel, is believed to have burned out completely. It is this stockpile that online analysts have dubbed “Trump’s diesel”: Ust-Luga is one of the key hubs for shipping fuel for export. At the timber terminal, a warehouse containing lumber caught fire. At the LNG terminal, pipelines were damaged, and a fire covering an area of more than 200 square meters broke out.

The “Novatek-Ust-Luga” terminal had already been struck on August 14.

Ust-Luga is Russia’s largest port on the Baltic Sea. Russia exports petroleum products and gas condensate through the “Transneft-Baltika,” “Novatek-Ust-Luga,” and “Portenergo” terminals. In 2025, the port accounted for about 20% of Russia’s seaborne oil exports, or 1.15 million barrels per day. Only the neighboring port of Primorsk shipped more (22%), while Novorossiysk accounted for 17%.

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