Ukraine attacks oil infrastructure near St. Petersburg with drones

Ukraine conducted extensive drone attacks targeting Russian oil infrastructure near St. Petersburg overnight, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He stated on the social media platform X that Ukrainian forces struck port oil infrastructure in the coastal city.

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Ukrainian forces overnight attacked targets near St. Petersburg.

Governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, reported that the attack hit the oil terminal area in the Kirovsky district, but confirmed there were no casualties. He added that Russian air defense systems intercepted 72 drones over the city. Meanwhile, Governor of Leningrad Oblast, Alexander Drozdenko, stated that Russian forces shot down 67 Ukrainian drones in the region, with debris falling near a large oil terminal in the port city of Vysotsk, located over 150 kilometers from St. Petersburg.

The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that air defense systems across the country intercepted over 500 aerial targets, primarily drones, along with ten Flamingo missiles of Ukrainian manufacture. The ministry vowed a response to the attacks.

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Russian air defense intercepted 72 drones over the city.

These Ukrainian strikes occurred after a Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Friday evening. That assault reportedly killed at least four people and injured 27, with some survivors believed to be trapped under the rubble of a destroyed residential building.

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Russian forces shot down 67 Ukrainian drones in the region.