Ukraine drones target St Petersburg as ‘Russia’s Davos’ opens
Ukrainian drones hit energy and military sites in St Petersburg early Wednesday morning as officials gathered for a flagship economic forum in the city, Russian and Ukrainian authorities said. Some 20,000 guests from 130 countries are set to attend the three-day annual St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) – an event once dubbed “Russia’s Davos” – which starts Wednesday. The strikes come a day after a barrage of Russian missiles and drones killed 23 people across
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Ukrainian drones hit energy and military sites in St Petersburg early Wednesday morning as officials gathered for a flagship economic forum in the city, Russian and Ukrainian authorities said.
Some 20,000 guests from 130 countries are set to attend the three-day annual St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) – an event once dubbed “Russia’s Davos” – which starts on Wednesday.
St Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov said “several” infrastructure facilities were damaged, but no one was killed in the attack.
Separate Russian strikes on frontline regions of Ukraine killed four, local officials said, as Nato chief Mark Rutte arrived in Kyiv.
Ukranian drones hit the St Petersburg Oil Terminal and the Kronstadt military base in the city, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said – the latest in a series of retaliatory attacks that Kyiv calls “long-range sanctions”.
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