Russia's largest oil terminal on the Baltic Sea is on fire in St Petersburg
On the night of 3 June, drones attacked the Leningrad Oblast in Russia. The attack was reported by monitoring Telegram channels.
The attack lasted from 2 am until 7 am. Explosions were heard in the Admiralteysky, Vasileostrovsky, Primorsky and Krasnoselsky districts of St Petersburg.
In the Kirovsky district, the St Petersburg oil terminal caught fire following the attack. This is Russia’s largest oil transhipment complex on the Baltic Sea. It has a throughput capacity of 12.5 million tonnes per year, and its infrastructure includes 21 storage tanks for petroleum products.
The attack took place on the opening day of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, which is now likely to be held from 3 to 6 June. Vladimir Putin is expected to speak at the event. The forum venue is located approximately 17 kilometres from the oil terminal.
Following the drone attack, more than 29 flights were delayed at Pulkovo Airport.
The town of Michurinsk in the Tambov region was also targeted overnight. Monitoring Telegram channels reported that the drone attack damaged industrial buildings at the Progress plant, which manufactures equipment for aviation and missile control systems. The plant had already been attacked in February 2026, as well as in June 2025 and December 2024.
Overnight, there was unrest in 16 regions of the aggressor country, specifically in the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Leningrad, Novgorod, Oryol, Rostov, Tula and Moscow regions.
Restrictions were also imposed on operations at Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports, as well as at the airports in Kaluga, Saratov, Nizhny Novgorod, Yaroslavl and Pskov.
