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They hit the oil terminal: Ukrainian drones first flew to the Leningrad region of

The military objects of the Russian Army in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region are already in the area of ​​reach of the Ukrainian forces. As the target, experts have chosen the largest tire for transshipment of petroleum products in the Baltic region, its capacity - up to 12. 5 million tons per year. Ukrainian drones on the night of January 18 attacked the oil depot in the Leningrad region of Russia.

The special operation was conducted by the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (GUR MO), the sources of focus in special services reported. The military objects of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region were in the area of ​​reach of the Ukrainian forces. GUR units involved modern Ukrainian means of destruction. Experts continue to collect data, there is a confirmation of hit for purposes.

The Ukrainian drones were not the first time attacked the Leningrad region, but this time "there are differences, and the enemy felt them", the interlocutors say. The Ministry of Defense of Russia reported that during the attack, regular air defense agents destroyed one unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Moscow region, and the other was intercepted over the Leningrad region. The governor of St.

Petersburg Alexander Beglov called the successful hit of the drone by the "incident", which causes no one to be injured. The local edition of Fontanka specifies that the drone of the aircraft was knocked down over the coal harbing. Information on the span of UAV was received with Tver, the drone overcame the territory of Bryansk, Smolensk, Tver and Novgorod regions.

The Russian Media Astra, with reference to sources, adds that the drone was not knocked down, and it has fallen and exploded in the territory of the Oil and Gas Company "St. Petersburg Oil Terminal". It is the largest transshipment terminal in the Baltic region with a bandwidth of up to 12. 5 million tons per year, as well as the largest stupid company of the Great Port of St. Petersburg. Residents of Vasylivsky island in the western part of St.

Petersburg heard a strong roar at night, the windows shaking from the shock wave, notes the Telegram-channel "78 news". The Russian media Baza claims that in total, three drones were launched, two of which suppressed the Reb means and fell into the Gulf of Finnish. The third drone was knocked down over the territory of the oil terminal, and its fragments fell in the open territory of one of the elevator platforms of the port between the fuel oil reservoirs.

"After the fall, the drone exploded, causing the fire to start. The combustion area was 130 square meters," the propagandists say. We will remind, according to the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexei Danilov, Ukraine is one of the three world leaders in the production of UAV. Some Western countries carefully study the latest Ukrainian developments. Focus earlier analyzed the problems of a handicraft collection of drones in Ukraine.