Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg as ‘Russian Davos’ opens in city

Key points

• Ukrainian drones hit energy and military sites in St Petersburg early on Wednesday hours before international guests gathered for the city’s flagship economic forum, in a blow to Vladimir Putin.
• Several long-range drones crashed into oil storage facilities after Russian air defences tried unsuccessfully to shoot them down.
• There were loud explosions and black smoke rose high above the city from the blazing oil terminal.
• The St Petersburg’s governor, Alexander Beglov, said the Kirovsky and Krasnoselsky districts were targeted.
• Ukraine also struck the Kronstadt naval base and shipyard in Leningrad oblast, the port home to Russia’s Baltic fleet.