A grey plume of smoke was seen rising over St. Petersburg early on Wednesday, as officials gathered for Russia's annual economic forum, which Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend.
Ukrainian drones struck energy and military sites in the Russian port city, Russian and Ukrainian authorities reported.
The Ukrainian military struck the Petersburg Oil Terminal overnight, roughly 1,100 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on X.
"Another target was an enterprise in the Tambov region involved in the production of Russian weapons," he added.
The city's governor, Alexander Beglov, wrote that several infrastructure facilities were struck in the Kronstadt, Kirovsky, and Krasnoselsky districts.
