Key facts
- Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said 92 drones were shot down early on November 11 over the Leningrad region.
- The Leningrad region hosts the Baltic ports of Ust-Luga, Primorsk and Vysotsk, key for Russian oil and grain exports.
- The region also holds the Kirishi refinery, which Reuters describes as Russia's second-largest.
- A drone struck the Kirishi refinery on November 9, setting it on fire and killing a woman, per the report.
- Latvia and Lithuania warned people to seek shelter and said NATO air defense fighter jets were activated.
- Power went out in part of Kryvyi Rih after a drone attack, an official said on Telegram.
Russia shot down 92 drones early on Wednesday in an attack over the Leningrad region northwest of Moscow, Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said on the Telegram messaging app, according to Reuters. The report, published November 11, 2026, said Reuters could not immediately independently confirm the account.
The Leningrad region is home to the Baltic Sea ports of Ust-Luga, Primorsk and Vysotsk, which are key for Russia's oil and grain exports, as well as the Kirishi oil refinery, described by Reuters as Russia's second-largest. The report did not state any effect on operations at the ports or the refinery.
On Monday, November 9, a drone struck the Kirishi refinery, run by Surgutneftegaz, setting the plant on fire and killing a woman in the region where St Petersburg, the hometown of President Vladimir Putin, is located.
Neighbors Latvia and Lithuania warned people to seek shelter against the threats of unidentified drones entering their airspace via Russia or Belarus, and said NATO air defense fighter jets were activated.
In Ukraine, power went out in part of the central city of Kryvyi Rih, an industrial stronghold and hometown of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, after a drone attack, an official said on Telegram. The attacks come as the United States attempts a new peace push at the first Russia-Ukraine talks in nine months in Abu Dhabi, set to continue on Wednesday.