First reported by The Guardian
Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg oil terminal and nearby port
Ukrainian drone strike hits St. Petersburg oil terminal as long-range attacks on Russian infrastructure continue
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Associated Press
1d ago· 4 min readenNews
Summary
Ukrainian drone strikes hit an oil terminal in St. Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city, as Kyiv continues its campaign of long-range attacks on Russian oil infrastructure. Russian officials reported that air defenses shot down 72 drones across the city and surrounding region. The attacks are part of an ongoing Ukrainian strategy to create a fuel crisis and increase political pressure on the Kremlin as the war enters its fifth year.
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· 3 pulledAlmost daily long-range attacks on Russian oil facilities have created a fuel crisis and heaped political pressure on the Kremlin as its all-out invasion of Ukraine stretches into its fifth year.
Gov. Alexander Beglov said the city's Kirovsky district on the Baltic Sea was hit.
He also said that air defenses shot down 72 Ukrainian drones across Russia's second-largest city and the surrounding region.
A Ukrainian drone attack struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg on Saturday, Russian officials said, as Kyiv presses on with bombardment of Russia’s oil infrastructure.
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