The St. Petersburg Oil Terminal in Russia's Leningrad Oblast came under fire in the early hours of June 3, with eyewitnesses reporting large-scale explosions and fires at the site, the Kyiv Independent reports.
The attack coincided with the beginning of the 2026 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, an annual conference of business leaders and government officials hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
St. Petersburg residents posted photos and video footage of loud explosions and a massive fire as the city came under attack by Ukrainian drones the morning of June 3. The images show black smoke rising over the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal.
An analysis by the Russian independent Telegram news channel Astra concluded that drones struck the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal, causing a fire.
The oil terminal, located on the Gulf of Finland at the city's Great Port of St. Petersburg, is one of Russia's largest fuel storage and export facilities. It receives and ships petroleum products river, rail, and motor transit, and boasts a reported throughput of 12.5 million tons per year.
Leningrad Oblast Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko reported that 50 drones were shot down over the region on June 3, but did not comment on the fires at the port.
The Kyiv Independent could not independently verify the reports at the time of publication. The attack is ongoing, and the full extent of the damage is not yet clear.
Flights were disrupted at St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport due to the attack, with nearly 30 flights delayed for over two hours and nine others diverted to other airfields, according to the Russian state news outlet TASS.
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