How Ukraine attack on Russia’s Primorsk Oil Terminal is the biggest loss for Russia

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Incidence – On 12th September 2025 night, Ukraine executed a major drone attack on Russia’s Primorsk oil terminal, which is its largest oil terminal in Baltic Sea.

Impact – As per the Ukraine’s media below are expected damage

Around three pump stations are damaged

• Pump station Andreapol

• Pump station 3

• Pump station 7

Two oil tankers were damaged in the attack

• Cai Yun – capacity of 7,00,000 million barrels of oil

• Kusto – capacity of 7,00,000 million barrels of oil

  
  

The terminal has been damaged at multiple location and presently the oil exports is halted from Primorsk Terminal, which is a critical point at this time

As per report from Russia’s defense ministry – 221 drones were launched at midnight and while most of them were intercepted and 28+ drone were downed at Leningrad region

Importance of Primorsk terminal for Russia

• It’s Russia’s largest oil terminal in Baltic Sea

• This terminal is the end point to further oil movement through Baltic Sea

• Primorsk Terminal Capacity – 1million oil barrel per day exports capacity

• Annual exports is approx. 60 million tones of oil and the annual revenue generation is approx. 15 billion USD

• This port handles the shadow fleet vessels giving strength to Russia Oil exports

  
  

The war is taking a bad shape and both the sides are facing damages.