Ukrainian Drones Strike St. Petersburg Oil Port in Major Cross-Border Attack

St. Petersburg and the surrounding Leningrad region came under a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack overnight, with a port and oil infrastructure among the reported targets, The Independent reported.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that the revenue-generating port had been hit, along with Kronstadt. (Photo: Alex 'Florstein' Fedorov,, Wikimedia Commons)

An oil terminal in Russia's second-largest city, home to about six million people, was struck, although St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov said there were no casualties.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that the revenue-generating port had been hit, along with Kronstadt, which he described as an "important military target" located more than 500 miles from Ukraine's border.

"My thanks to everyone who is ensuring Ukraine's precision and carrying out our long-range sanctions plan," Zelensky said.

Leningrad Governor Alexander Drozdenko said Russian air defenses shot down 72 drones, although some struck the port of Vysotsk, which handles shipments of oil, grain, coal, and liquefied natural gas.

The attack came two days after Russian President Vladimir Putin said strikes against Ukraine's military-industrial complex "must continue" following what was described as Russia's largest aerial assault on Kyiv since the war began.