Ukraine hits major oil terminal in Russia's St Petersburg

Ukraine struck a major oil terminal in St. Petersburg and a Russian naval base in Kronstadt overnight, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday, in an intensifying campaign of long-range drone attacks on Russian energy infrastructure. St. Petersburg Governor Aleksandr Beglov confirmed the oil terminal was hit and said 72 drones were shot down over the city and Leningrad region, with no casualties reported. Ukraine claims nearly 43% of Russia's oil refining capacity has been disabled through such strikes, describing the facilities as legitimate military targets that fund Moscow's war effort.

In a separate dispute, Ukraine's military denied Russian claims that the eastern town of Kostyantynivka had fallen under full Russian control, with a military spokesman saying the town remains under Ukrainian Defence Forces control despite some infiltration by Russian infantry groups.