Drone Attack Sparks Fire at Russia’s Ust-Luga Port, Injures 3
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A drone strike disrupting operations at Ust-Luga — a major Baltic oil export hub — underlines how cheap autonomy can now hit high-leverage energy and logistics nodes. If your supply chain touches Russian crude flows or Baltic shipping, stress-test route, insurance, and inventory assumptions against more frequent infrastructure outages.
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