Oil Pipeline at Russia’s Primorsk Damaged in Drone Attack, Governor Says

MOSCOW, April ⁠5 (Reuters) – ⁠A portion ⁠of an oil ​pipeline at Russia’s ‌Baltic Sea ‌port ⁠of ⁠Primorsk has been damaged in a ​Ukrainian drone attack, local ​governor Alexander Drozdenko said ⁠in a ⁠post on ⁠the Telegram ​messaging app on Sunday.

He ​said ⁠no one was injured in ⁠the attack. The pipeline was shut ⁠and the fire was safely burning out, he said.

Ukraine has stepped up attacks on Russia’s ⁠Baltic Sea ports in the past month.

(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; ​Editing by ​Kevin Buckland)

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