Overview
- On Saturday, June 6, Ukraine launched a large wave of long‑range drones that Kyiv said struck naval arsenals near Kronstadt and an oil depot in Krasnodar while Russia reported air defences engaged across many regions.
- Russia’s defence ministry said its systems intercepted 376 drones over more than a dozen regions, and St. Petersburg authorities ordered residents to stay indoors and reported several minor injuries.
- Ukrainian officials and the Special Operations Forces said some drones reached and damaged military targets at the Kronstadt naval base and set parts of an oil depot ablaze in Ust‑Labinsk, with Russian emergency services confirming fires and evacuations.
- Reciprocal Russian strikes inside Ukraine continued, killing and wounding civilians including five people in Kherson and additional deaths and damage in Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.
- The strikes come after President Zelenskyy publicly offered a face‑to‑face meeting with Vladimir Putin that Putin rejected, and they have intensified calls for more air‑defence support and raised safety concerns around energy and nuclear infrastructure.