Saint Petersburg attacked by drones

Russian port facilities in St. Petersburg were attacked by unspecified strike drones. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on this.

According to the Ministry, on the night of January 18, at about 1:30 a.m., Russian air defense intercepted a fixed-wing drone in the Leningrad Region. Russian media reported that three drones were used in the attack. The wreckage of one of them was discovered on the territory of the JSC < > The port infrastructure was not damaged.

Petersburg port

An unknown fixed-wing drone with a wingspan of 6 meters and a piston engine was carrying a warhead weighing 3 kg. In addition, two more drones could have allegedly crashed in the Gulf of Finland region, 5 kilometers away from the terminal. It is noted that on the way to St.

Petersburg, they flew through the Bryansk, Smolensk, Tver, and Novgorod regions. Ukrainska Pravda, citing its sources in the special services, reported that the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine was behind the attack on the Russian infrastructure facility. "This is a DI operation which involved modern Ukrainian systems.

Information continues to be collected, and there are confirmed hits on the targets. From now on, the military facilities of Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad region are within the range of Ukrainian forces," the source stated. When asked whether it was the first time Ukrainian drones attacked the Leningrad region of the Russian Federation, the Ukrainska Pravda's source replied that "not for the first time, but this time is different, and the enemy could feel it."

It is worth noting that the Russian JSC < > which was struck, is the largest Russian terminal for the transshipment of petroleum products in the Baltic region.

The object is located directly in St.

Petersburg and is 900 kilometers from the closer Ukrainian border.