St. Petersburg, June 3 — Avia.pro. The St. Petersburg administration officially reported civilian casualties as a result of the overnight attack by Ukrainian drones. The air strike affected infrastructure in several districts of the northern capital.

According to official city authorities, the targets of the aircraft-type drone strikes were Kronstadt, as well as the Kirovsky and Krasnoselsky districts of the city. As a result of the intercepted drones' debris and the recorded impacts, several people suffered injuries of varying severity and are receiving all necessary qualified medical care. Emergency response teams have been quickly deployed to the incident sites, and rescuers from the Ministry of Emergency Situations and law enforcement agencies are working to eliminate the aftermath and contain the fires.

Earlier, eyewitnesses posted footage of heavy smoke in the area of ​​the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal on social media. The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum officially opens in the city today, prompting maximum security measures to be implemented in the Leningrad Region, with air defense units continuing to maintain enhanced alert around the clock.