Ukrainian long-range drones struck a key oil terminal near St. Petersburg early this morning, marking a significant breach of the region’s heavily defended airspace over 850 kilometers from the border. <\/p>\n
Independent Russian media reports indicate that explosions were heard in the city around 6:30 a.m. local time, with residents observing long-range Ukrainian drones flying over the region. Local officials confirmed that dozens of drones were shot down over the Leningrad region during the night, though the extent of the damage remains unconfirmed.<\/p>\n
President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed on X that Ukrainian forces targeted oil infrastructure fueling the war effort and hit military objectives in Kronstadt. The strikes underscore Ukraine’s increasing ability to bypass Russian air defense systems at distances exceeding 850 kilometers.<\/p>\n
The targeted terminal on the Gulf of Finland is one of Russia’s largest fuel storage and export facilities, boasting a capacity of 12.5 million tons annually. Although St. Petersburg is Vladimir Putin\u2019s hometown and heavily protected, Ukrainian strikes on the city and Moscow have become increasingly effective in recent months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ukrainian long-range drones struck a key oil terminal near St. Petersburg early this morning, marking a significant breach of the region’s heavily defended airspace over 850 kilometers from the border. Explosions over St. Petersburg Independent Russian media reports indicate that explosions were heard in the city around 6:30 a.m. local time, with residents observing long-range […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense-and-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9026\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}