Ukrainian drones strike St Petersburg and other Russian sites in early June 2026
Large‑scale drone attacks by Ukraine hit an oil facility and a warship in St Petersburg during the International Economic Forum, with additional strikes reported in the Leningrad region, near Moscow and in Siberia. Russian air defenses shot down dozens of drones and other aerial objects in the weeks that followed.
Ukrainian drones attacked the Russian city of St Petersburg during the International Economic Forum in early June 2026, striking an oil terminal/depot/facility and setting it on fire. A moored warship in the city was also hit, according to Bluesky. One person was killed in the St Petersburg drone attack, reported by abc_au.
Separate incidents were reported in the following weeks. Ukrainian drones struck the port of Vysotsk in the Leningrad region on 4 July 2026, according to Al Arabiya. Drones caused a fire at an oil refinery in Kapotnya near Moscow on 18 June 2026, reported by Meduza, and hit the Omsk refinery deep in Siberia on 9 July 2026, according to Fox News.
Russian air defenses shot down 86 drones over the Leningrad region on 6 June 2026, as reported by MoscowTimes. On 4 July 2026, 72 drones were shot down over the same region, according to Al Arabiya. An industrial‑scale interception of 376 Ukrainian drones was reported overnight on 6 June 2026 by SCMP, and 249 aerial objects were shot down in various Russian regions overnight on 14 June 2026, according to GDELT.
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