St Petersburg Region Hit by Major Ukrainian Drone Attack, Russian Officials Say
Russian officials said 72 drones hit the region, while Ukraine said the strikes targeted port oil infrastructure to cut war revenues.
- On Saturday, July 4, authorities in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region reported a major Ukrainian drone attack overnight, with a Baltic Sea oil port reported hit.
- Ukraine has intensified strikes on Russian energy infrastructure this year, causing fuel shortages in at least 20 Russian regions with residents reporting hours-long lines at service stations.
- Governor Alexander Drozdenko said 72 drones were shot down over the Leningrad region, though one strike hit the port of Vysotsk, about 170 km northwest of St. Petersburg on the Gulf of Finland.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to "continue" large-scale strikes against Ukrainian cities on July 3, days after Russia launched its largest attack on Kyiv on July 1.
- Located 1,100 km from the border, St. Petersburg has rarely been targeted due to heavy air defenses, though recent strikes have reached the Great Port oil terminal.
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Ukrainian drones struck an oil depot in the port of the Russian city of Saint Petersburg, 850 kilometers from the… during the night from Friday to Saturday.
On social media there are videos that would show strong explosions and fires in the port area of St. Petersburg. According to Russian and Ukrainian media, drones in the night would hit strategic oil infrastructure, in one of the most massive attacks against the city from the beginning of the war.
Russia announces dozens of Ukrainian drones downed over St Petersburg
Russian authorities claimed to have shot down dozens of Ukrainian drones over Saint Petersburg on July 4, though an oil terminal was hit and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky claimed the Kronstadt naval base was struck.
Zelenski publishes a video showing several columns of smoke leaving the oil terminal, already attacked in early June coinciding with the economic forum of St. Petersburg
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