5 April 2026

Authorities in Russia’s Leningrad Oblast have claimed that the region came under a drone attack involving 19 UAVs and that an oil pipeline near the port of Primorsk has been damaged.

Source: Leningrad Oblast Governor Alexander Drozdenko

Details: After 05:00 (Kyiv time), an air-raid warning was issued in Leningrad Oblast.

After 06:00, Drozdenko claimed that drones attacking the region had been shot down.

Later in the morning, the governor said that 19 UAVs had supposedly been downed over the oblast.

He wrote that “debris has damaged one section of an oil pipeline near the port of Primorsk”.

“A controlled burn-off of the residual fuel from the isolated section of the pipeline is being carried out,” Drozdenko added.

Background:

• On the night of 26-27 March, Russian Telegram channels reported that Leningrad Oblast had been under attack by drones for the third consecutive night.
• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that following Ukrainian strikes on an oil refinery in Leningrad Oblast, Russia has retained about 40% of its capacity there.
• On the night of 28-29 March, Leningrad Oblast again came under a drone attack, which caused a fire at the port of Ust-Luga.
• On the night of 2–3 April, Moscow and Leningrad Oblast were also attacked by drones.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/05/8028799