Russian port infrastructure in St. Petersburg was attacked by Ukrainian-made drones with a range of 1250 kilometers.

Oleksandr Kamyshin, the Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine, made the corresponding statement.

Recall that on the night of January 18, at about 1:30 a.m., Russian air defense intercepted an aircraft-type drone in the Leningrad oblast.

The 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 «Petersburg Oil Terminal.» The port infrastructure was not damaged.

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 allegedly fall in the Gulf of Finland area, 5 kilometers from the terminal.

It is noted that on the path to St. Petersburg, they flew through the Bryansk, Smolensk, Tver, and Novgorod regions.

Ukrainska Pravda, citing its sources in the Ukrainian special services, reported that the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) stayed behind the attack on the Russian infrastructure facility.

“This is a DIU operation that involves 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 oblast 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, Ukrainska Pravda’s source replied that “not for the first time, but there were differences [between attacks], and the enemy could feel it.”

It is worth noting that the Russian JSC «Petersburg Oil Terminal,» which was targeted, stands as the largest Russian terminal for the transshipment of petroleum products in the Baltic region.