Ukrainian drones struck an oil terminal near St. Petersburg on Friday in one of the most distant attacks Ukraine has carried out against Russian infrastructure since the war began.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the strikes, which also hit military facilities in the St. Petersburg region, according to reporting by AP News and Al Jazeera. The attacks demonstrated Ukraine's ability to reach targets hundreds of miles from the front lines.
Axios reported that the strikes illustrated Ukraine's expanding capacity for long-range warfare, while Bloomberg noted that Ukrainian missiles now have nearly half of Russia within striking range. The St. Petersburg oil terminal hit Friday sits far to the north and west of Ukraine's borders, underscoring how the conflict has shifted in terms of geography.
The attack follows a series of Ukrainian long-range strikes on Russian territory that have intensified in recent months. Russia's second-largest city and its surrounding region have increasingly become targets as Ukraine pushes to disrupt Russian energy infrastructure and military logistics.
