Ukrainian drones hit St. Petersburg oil terminal ahead of ‘Russian Davos’
Russia said more than 30 flights were delayed or canceled after the drone strike damaged infrastructure and set an oil terminal ablaze.
- Ukrainian long-range drones struck the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal overnight, igniting a massive blaze just hours before the opening of the city's premier international economic forum.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hailed the deep strike—located 1,100 kilometers from Ukraine's border—as part of Kyiv's "long-range sanctions plan," targeting a vital Baltic Sea facility that processes 12.5 million tons of petroleum products annually to fuel the Russian war effort.
- The high-profile attack sent thick plumes of black smoke over the city, casting a literal shadow as 20,000 international delegates arrived at the Expoforum for the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum , often dubbed the "Russian Davos."
- Kyiv's forces simultaneously struck the Kronstadt naval base in the Port of St. Petersburg, using unmanned systems to target Russia's Baltic fleet and reportedly damaging the Project 20380 missile corvette Boikiy while it was docked for repairs.
- The strikes triggered significant travel and infrastructure chaos, forcing authorities to temporarily shut down Pulkovo Airport—disrupting incoming flights for forum attendees—and prompt widespread mobile internet blackouts across the city.
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Smoke was rising from the St. Petersburg oil terminal in the aftermath of a Ukrainian strike.Satellite image ©2026 Vantor.Ukrainian forces carried out strikes on a major oil terminal in St. Petersburg on Wednesday.Satellite images show the aftermath of the attack, as well as a damaged warship at a nearby port.The Ukrainian strikes came on the opening day of Russia's "Davos" equivalent, a few miles away.New satellite imagery captures an oil termi…
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