ST. PETERSBURG ATTACK: Zelensky Claims Successful Deep-Range Drone Strike On St. Petersburg Port!

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Ukraine has executed one of its most expansive and logistically ambitious long-range overnight operations since the onset of the conflict, launching a massive wave of combat drones deep inside Russian territory to strike critical energy and naval infrastructure across the heavily fortified St. Petersburg and Leningrad regions. Local officials confirmed that a prominent oil terminal in St. Petersburg's Kirovsky District was struck, while separate debris impacts were reported at the vital Baltic port of Vysotsk—a strategic maritime shipping hub essential to Russia's multi-billion dollar export of crude oil, liquefied natural gas (LNG), coal, and grain. While Leningrad Governor Alexander Drozdenko asserted that regional air defense systems intercepted at least 72 hostile unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to mitigate casualties, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky explicitly claimed responsibility for the deep-penetration offensive. Zelensky emphasized that the strikes successfully compro

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