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Ukraine launches drone strike on Russian port near Finnish border, causing fire

5 articles | Updated 19h ago | Created 1d ago

Ukrainian drones struck a Russian naval base located just kilometers from the Finland-Russia frontier early Wednesday morning in what authorities describe as an aggressive escalation of cross-border attacks. The raid ignited significant fires at the facility while damaging infrastructure critical to Russia's maritime operations without any reported casualties on either side, according to initial reports circulating across Greek news outlets including Ertnews and Capital.gr.

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    Ukrainian drones launched a significant attack on the Russian port of Ventspils, located near Finland's border.
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    The drone strike resulted in fires at various locations within and around the damaged harbor area.
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    Multiple news outlets reported this event occurring early March 23rd across different time zones.
[Mar 23, 08:54] Russian sources confirmed a large-scale drone attack on the Ventspils port near Finland's border involving dozens of Ukrainian drones and resulting fires (Feeds.feedburner.com).
[Mar 23, 07:36] Newsbeast.gr reported a Ukraine drone attack on the Russian Ventspils port near Finland's border.
[Mar 23, 05:53] Capital.gr confirmed an ongoing Ukrainian drone strike targeting Russia's Vantspil harbor area (capitalgr.com).