St. Petersburg Drone Attack Hits Oil Terminal and Data Center

Eyewitness video footage captured multiple explosions in St. Petersburg, Russia, following a suspected Ukrainian drone swarm. Russian state media confirmed that Ukrainian drones struck the city's St. Petersburg Oil Terminal and a data center belonging to VKontakte, a Russian social media company.

Aleksandr Drozdenko, governor of Leningrad Oblast, announced that local authorities shot down 127 Ukrainian drones in the region. He stated that debris from the drones damaged four cars in a parking lot and that fires were reported. Eyewitness videos also appear to show a drone striking a bridge in the city.

Russian opposition news outlet Astra reported that a power substation was hit during the attack, resulting in blackouts and low water pressure in the region. Astra also reported that an apartment building was damaged. Numerous videos indicate that the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal, a major fuel storage and export facility located in the city's port, was engulfed in flames.

The Kyiv Independent stated that it could not independently verify the specific targets or the full extent of the attack's damage at the time of publication. Ukrainian drone manufacturer Fire Point claimed that an FP-1 attack drone was used to strike the oil terminal.