More than 140 Ukrainian drones were intercepted over Russia’s Leningrad region overnight in one of the largest attacks on St Petersburg since the start of the conflict, according to regional authorities.
Leningrad Region Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said air defence systems shot down the drones during the early hours of Saturday morning. No deaths or significant damage to major infrastructure were immediately reported.
Authorities issued an air alert and advised residents to remain indoors while emergency services responded to the incident. Operations at St Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport were temporarily suspended, resulting in flight delays and diversions.
The attack occurred as the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) was drawing to a close. The annual event attracted delegates and business leaders from more than 130 countries.
It follows another large-scale drone strike on the region on June 3, which coincided with the opening day of the forum.
The latest attack came days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky published an open letter in which he suggested many Ukrainians would support drones paying “a visit” to the economic gathering. In the same message, Zelensky renewed his call for a direct meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a possible settlement to the conflict.
Speaking on Friday, Putin rejected the proposal, saying current conditions did not support meaningful negotiations. He criticised the tone of Zelensky’s message and argued that recent actions by Ukraine had undermined the prospects for productive talks.
Putin reiterated that Russia remained open to negotiations but insisted that any settlement would need to address what Moscow describes as the underlying causes of the conflict. Russian officials have also continued to question Zelensky’s legitimacy, arguing his presidential term expired in May 2024 without a new election being held.
Putin you need to get tough on the Kiev regime or this will keep on escalating.
Time for Putin to wrap-up the Zionist J3wi$h plans for the Ukraine to become Khazaria as part of ‘Greater Israel’.
20 mega ton nukes attached to Oreshniks should do the trick…! Can’t see this ending in any other way!
Besides, Putin won’t have to worry about Israel and the International J3w$ going after Russia;
Iran would finish off Tel-Aviv, Haifa, & the IDF Bases with nukes that the Iranians purchased from Pakistan around 2009? and have kept these in storage deep underground.
Iran’s methodology is to increase uranium yellow cake for the purpose of building 20 year lifespan nuclear fuel rods, and placing these in small nuclear power plants that are planned for underground installations, just like the ones currently in the D.U.M.B.s underneath the U.S.
https://www.rolls-royce.com/innovation/small-modular-reactors.aspx#section-why-rolls-royce-smr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_modular_reactor
Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are a new class of nuclear reactors that are considerably smaller in size and power output than conventional nuclear power reactors, with enhanced safety features.
SMRs are:
Small: in both power output and physical size;
Modular: meaning they are factory constructed, portable and scalable;
Reactors: using nuclear fission to produce energy for electricity, hybrid energy systems, district heating, water desalination, and high quality steam for heavy industry applications.
This technology has the potential for a range of applications. From grid-scale units that can provide non-emitting reliable electricity, to smaller units suitable for heavy industry, and powering remote communities. Several provinces are actively pursuing SMRs, and Canada’s first SMR could be in operation as early as the mid-to-late 2020s.
Maybe New Zealand will need to place a few SNR’s on unsinkable barges, and float these on shallow man-made lakes for earthquake dampening, and an emergency water source for alternative reactor cooling.
Coal-fired & oil-fired turbine generators are then retrofitted to steam produced by these reactors…
That’s where we are heading…
Just do it
Putin you will only find that those against you are mainly politicians and the population with a brain would like you to flatten Ukraine for good.
DITTO!!!