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Ukraine strikes St Petersburg oil terminal hours before 'Putin's Davos'
A plume of black smoke is seen over the port of St Petersburg. (AP Photo)
Ukraine has struck an oil export terminal in St Petersburg hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual economic forum got underway.
The governor of the wider Leningrad region said air defences had shot down 59 drones overnight.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has arrived in Kyiv for an unannounced trip.
Ukraine has struck an oil export terminal in St Petersburg hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual economic forum got underway.
The attack on St Petersburg, Mr Putin's home city, and the location of his own 'Davos' — a showcase economic forum designed to attract foreign investment — comes as both sides dial up strikes on each other in the more than four-year-old war.
No safe harbour: Ukrainian drones strike Russian warship in the Baltic for the first time
This week, Ukrainian one-way attack drones struck the Russian corvette RFS Boiky in Kronstadt naval base, more than 1,100 km from the Ukrainian border. The attack signals another extension of Ukraine’s long-range strike campaign and carries implications well beyond the conflict itself.
At 06:35 local time on 3 June 2026, drones operated by the 1st Separate Centre of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces struck the corvette Boiky in the Veleshchynsky dry dock at Kronstadt. The historic naval base is situated on Kotlin Island, roughly 20 km west of Saint Petersburg at the eastern end of the Gulf of Finland. The attack formed part of a wider set of strikes in the region that morning.
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Ukraine attacks St Petersburg as Russia hosts its own ‘Davos’
Ukraine launched a series of air strikes targeting an oil facility and a naval air base near St Petersburg late Tuesday night, hours before international guests gathered for the city’s flagship economic forum.
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