The representative said the situation in the region remains stable and that there is no immediate military threat to the country. The military declined to disclose details about the location, time or cause of the strike, or how it was detected. Finnish officials have not said whether there were any casualties.
Estonian media, as cited by Reuters, reported that the target was a small Russian Navy vessel that returned to St Petersburg after the incident.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said the attack on the port of Ust-Luga hit the Naro-Fominsk, a small missile ship of the Buyan-M project that was launched in 2022. According to the SBU, the vessel carries Kalibr and Oniks cruise missiles.
The SBU also said several oil tanks of 30,000 tonnes each caught fire in Ust-Luga. According to its data, a tank farm, pumping stations, pipelines and oil and petroleum product transshipment infrastructure were damaged.
Alexander Drozdenko, governor of the Leningrad Region, confirmed a fire at the port following a drone attack and spoke of three people injured.
The Telegram channel Zloy Moryachok was the first to report the incident. According to its data, the ship was near Gogland Island, remained underway and headed for Kronstadt, and there are dead and wounded among the crew. The same night, Ukrainian drones attacked the port of Ust-Luga.
Pro-war Z-channels reported the deaths of three Russian helicopter crews during the drone attack on the Leningrad Region. The authorities have not commented on those reports.
The Gulf of Finland is a narrow arm of the Baltic Sea between Finland and Estonia that stretches east to St Petersburg. Ukraine regularly sends waves of military drones toward the Leningrad Region, home to St Petersburg and the port of Ust-Luga, a major oil and grain export hub. Some of the drones enter the airspace of Finland and the Baltic states.
Early on 11 November, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania urged residents to take shelter because of the drone threat, and NATO scrambled fighter jets.