Ukrainian Drones Strike St. Petersburg Oil Terminal as Russia Attacks Ukrainian Cities, Killing 23

Ukrainian long-range drones struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg on June 3 and set it ablaze. The drones flew more than 600 miles to reach the target, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Clouds of black smoke rose over the city's port after the strike. The attack occurred hours before the opening of the city's annual international economic forum. Russian authorities said the strike targeted the city's infrastructure.

The airport briefly suspended flights overnight, and mobile internet services were cut off. The forum is a prestige event for the Kremlin. Saudi Arabia is the special guest country this year and is due to send a large business delegation.

Ukrainian officials reported one civilian killed and 15 wounded, including three children, in the northern Sumy region. In the Russia-controlled part of Ukraine's Donetsk region, a strike hit a bus traveling from Moscow to the Crimean Peninsula, killing seven people and wounding 11 others, according to the Kremlin-appointed head of Donetsk.

In the Smolensk region, two firefighters were killed by a Ukrainian drone attack, according to the regional governor.

Two other firefighters and a local resident were wounded. Russia's Defense Ministry said air defenses downed 354 Ukrainian drones overnight. Other Ukrainian drone attacks set fire to a Russian guided-missile corvette in dry dock at the Kronstadt naval base and hit a manufacturing plant in the Tambov region, Zelensky said.