Shippingtelegraph: Ukraine strikes Russian terminal amid new sanction discussions with Canada

by Shipping Telegraph

Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces and the Security Service struck an infrastructure facility at the Ust-Luga terminal in Russia’s Leningrad Oblast on the night of 24 August.

“Successful strike on the target confirmed, with subsequent fire,” the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported about the terminal, which is one of Russia’s key logistical hubs in the Baltic Sea. Shipping Telegraph cannot immediately verify the report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.

In addition, the Special Operations Forces, working with other branches of Ukraine’s defence forces, struck logistics facilities in Belgorod and Voronezh regions. Assessment of the strike results is ongoing.

In Kyiv, president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with prime minister of Canada Mark Carney in a one-on-one format and in an expanded format. At the invitation of the president of Ukraine, the prime minister of Canada, Mark Carney, paid an official visit to Ukraine on August 24.

During the meeting, the parties discussed -among others- the synchronization of sanctions between Ukraine and Canada to jointly strengthen pressure on Russia. Mark Carney noted that Canada is expanding sanctions against the Russian Federation.

The two sides also discussed cooperation in the energy sector. The Ukrainian president invited Canada to join energy projects, including the use of Ukrainian storage facilities for the supply of Canadian gas, in particular to the European market.

Specifically, the two leaders discussed joint energy projects in hydropower, small modular reactors, and the oil and gas sector, and agreed to deepen cooperation in energy security, including cybersecurity, infrastructure protection, and modern technologies to mitigate hybrid and man-made threats.

Meanwhile, Canada will intensify pressure through sanctions, in coordination with allies and partners, targeting Russia’s shadow fleet, lowering the crude oil price cap, tightening financial restrictions, and combating sanctions evasion.