President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukrainian forces also attacked two shadow fleet tankers near the port of Novorossiysk.
Published on 3 May 2026
Governor says Ukrainian military has launched a drone strike on the Russian Baltic Sea port of Primorsk, as Kiev and Moscow accuse each other of killing civilians in overnight airstrikes.
Leningrad Governor Alexander Drozdenko said Sunday’s attack on Primorsk, a major oil exporting outlet, did not cause any oil spill, but caused a fire in the city, which was extinguished. He said that more than 60 drones were dropped overnight in the north-western region.
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Primorsk, one of Russia’s largest export gateways, has the capacity to handle one million barrels of oil per day.
It has suffered several setbacks in recent months as Ukraine stepped up attacks on Russian energy infrastructure and other targets and United States-brokered talks to end the Ukraine war stalled.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country’s forces also attacked two shadow fleet tankers in the waters at the entrance to the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk.
“These tankers used to be actively used to transport oil – not anymore,” Zelensky said on Telegram. “Ukraine’s long-range capabilities will continue to be comprehensively developed – at sea, in the air and on land.”
The two neighbors have been launching hundreds of explosive-laden drones at each other on an almost daily basis during the four-year war.
Other Russian regions also reported drone attacks on Saturday and Sunday. Moscow Governor Andrei Vorobyov said on Saturday evening that a 77-year-old man was killed in a drone strike in a village.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said four drones headed toward the Russian capital were shot down.
Vasily Anokhin, governor of the western region of Smolensk, said three people, including a child, were injured in a drone strike on an apartment block on Sunday.
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Russian drone attacks on Ukraine killed at least three people across the country, local officials said Sunday.
Two people, including a truck driver at a port, were killed in the attacks in the Odessa region of southern Ukraine, where major export terminals are located, Governor Oleh Kiper said on social media.
“Enemy drones hit three residential buildings and two others were damaged. … Port infrastructure facilities and equipment were also damaged,” he said.
Elsewhere, Russian strikes in the border region of Kherson in southern Ukraine also killed one person, officials said.
Ukraine’s air force said Russia fired 268 drones and one ballistic missile in the overnight attacks.
In eastern Ukraine, Russian troops are advancing toward the town of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, Ukraine’s top military official said Saturday.
