06/03/2026
Ukraine launched roughly 310 drones into Russia overnight, striking targets around St. Petersburg just as Putin’s flagship economic forum was opening. The attacks hit the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal, the Kronstadt area where the Baltic Fleet corvette Boyki was in dry dock, the Progress plant tied to aviation and missile control systems, and other Russian oil infrastructure. The timing turned the forum into a public embarrassment: smoke was visible near the venue, air travel over St. Petersburg was suspended, residents filmed the strikes despite harsh new laws, and Russian commentators admitted Ukraine was landing blows against both real targets and the government’s image.
- Chapters
- 00:00 Putin Gets a Black Eye
- 00:30 Ukraine Sends 310 Drones Into Russia
- 00:51 St. Petersburg Oil Terminal and Other Targets Hit
- 01:33 Ukraine Strikes the Boyki Near Kronstadt
- 02:28 Russia’s Oil Infrastructure Keeps Burning
- 02:53 Smoke Rises Before Putin’s Economic Forum
- 04:04 Ukraine Delivers a Fiery Keynote
- 04:36 St. Petersburg Security Gets Exhausted
- 05:19 Smoke Visible From the Forum
- 06:01 Residents Film the Burning Oil Depot
- 06:28 Air Travel Over St. Petersburg Suspended
- 06:46 The Forum Is Only 17 Kilometers Away
- 07:16 Russian Bloggers Admit the Image Damage
- 07:59 No Air Raid Alarm in Putin’s Home City
- 09:03 Zelensky Allows Moscow’s Parade, Not Putin’s Forum
- 09:37 Melitopol and the Progress Plant
- 10:03 Russia’s Drone Attack on Ukraine
- 10:28 Tracking Russia’s Missile Production Pace
- 11:34 Ukraine Intercepts 189 of 198 Drones
- 11:49 Russia Hits a Farm in Kharkiv
- 12:16 An Aerobatic Pilot Hunts Shaheds
- 12:48 Russia’s Battlefield Losses Keep Climbing
- 13:16 Record Seven-Day Equipment Losses
- 13:59 Where Russia Is Pressing the Front
- 14:27 Fire Point Gets the Shout Out
- 14:49 St. Petersburg’s Drone Technology Irony
- 15:24 Robots at the Economic Forum
- 16:09 Putin’s Forum Ends With a Black Eye
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