Drones target St. Petersburg, fire reported in Kronstadt
Smoke in the area of the Kronstadt Naval Plant in St. Petersburg, June 6, 2026 (Photo: Exilenova+ / Telegram)
Drones targeted St. Petersburg and Russia's Leningrad Oblast overnight, with residents reporting a fire near Kronstadt, home to a Russian Baltic Fleet base and a naval shipyard, according to the Astra Telegram channel on June 6.
Updated at 9:33 a.m.
The governor of Russia's Leningrad Oblast claimed that 141 drones had been shot down over Oblast and that debris had fallen in three districts. He also confirmed a fire near the settlement of Bolshaya Izhora.
Meanwhile, St. Petersburg's mayor for the first time urged residents not to go outside because of the drone attack. Mobile internet disruptions have been reported in the city, and several streets have been closed, according to the Telegram channel Astra.
Astra's monitoring project also reported possible strikes on the Kronstadt Naval Cadet Corps and the Research Institute of Marine Thermal Engineering, a key Russian enterprise involved in the development of underwater weapons.
A column of smoke was visible over St. Petersburg.
The monitoring channel Exilenova+ reported that a fire broke out near the Kronstadt Marine Plant.
According to Exilenova+, drones also attacked the settlement of Lebyazhye in Leningrad Oblast, where a munitions depot belonging to the Russian Navy's 15th Arsenal may have been hit.
Leningrad Oblast Gov. Alexander Drozdenko claimed that 88 drones had been shot down over Oblast and warned that the attack was ongoing. St. Petersburg Mayor Alexander Beglov also confirmed what he described as a "large-scale attack."
The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which began on June 3, is currently underway in the city.
Overnight into June 6, drones also attacked the Russian town of Ust-Labinsk in Krasnodar Krai, where a fire was reported at an oil depot.
Strike on St. Petersburg on June 3
On June 3, 2026, the opening day of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, where Vladimir Putin was scheduled to speak, Ukrainian drones attacked military and oil infrastructure in the city, about 1,100 kilometers (680 miles) from Ukraine.
One of the largest liquid cargo transshipment facilities in the Baltic region, the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal, was hit. The drones damaged six fuel storage tanks and completely destroyed one, sparking major fires.
At the Kronstadt naval base, the Russian corvette Boykiy and another vessel, which has not yet been identified, were reportedly damaged in the attack.
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