Reuters reported that Ukrainian drones set fire to the Ust-Luga port area and injured three people Wednesday, in a Russian region whose Baltic ports handle oil and grain trade.
Leningrad region Gov. Aleksandr Drozdenko said in a Telegram post that 146 drones had been downed over the region, TASS reported. Drozdenko subsequently reported 92 drones downed over the region on Nov. 11. The two counts came from separate statements.
The Smolensk region’s governor said drone debris killed two people, Russian newswires reported. In Ukraine, officials and emergency services said a Russian airstrike knocked out power in parts of Kryvyi Rih. They reported one person injured in Kharkiv and six in Zaporizhzhia.
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia issued warnings about unidentified drones entering from Russia or Belarus. The alerts said NATO had activated fighter jets for air defense. Finland imposed temporary airspace and maritime restrictions in the eastern Gulf of Finland, then lifted them.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the first day of U.S.-mediated talks with Russia in Abu Dhabi “constructive and quite substantive.” The talks were scheduled to conclude Wednesday.
