Overview
- Ukraine launched a large long‑range drone sortie that reached the St. Petersburg area over the weekend, and regional officials said about 141–144 drones were shot down over the Leningrad region.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said the strikes hit Russian naval arsenals and the Kronstadt base and also struck an oil depot in the Krasnodar region, causing fires, evacuations and at least one reported death in Russia.
- Ukraine’s General Staff and state operator Energoatom said a Russian Shahed‑type drone struck the Centralized Spent Fuel Storage Facility near Chornobyl on Sunday, damaging the container‑reception building but not hitting stored fuel.
- Emergency teams extinguished a roughly 40‑square‑metre fire, no personnel were injured, radiation readings stayed within normal limits and the IAEA has been informed and will inspect the site.
- The exchanges form part of an intensifying campaign of long‑range drone and missile attacks that target energy, naval and logistics infrastructure, increase civilian disruption in Ukraine and Russia, and heighten international pressure for more air‑defence support and IAEA oversight.