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KYIV: Ukraine launched a large-scale drone attack on St Petersburg and its surrounding oil infrastructure overnight Saturday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Russian claims that Moscow had seized the strategically important eastern city of Kostiantynivka as a “lie”.
The drone strikes on Russia’s second-largest city and the surrounding Leningrad region are part of Kyiv’s ongoing campaign to deepen fuel shortages in Russia.
St Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov said the city of 6 million was subjected to a “large-scale” attack that struck an oil terminal. He reported no casualties and said the aftermath of the attack had been dealt with.
Leningrad region Governor Alexander Drozdenko said a drone struck the area of Vysotsk port, about 170 kilometres northwest of St Petersburg on the Baltic Sea.
