Kremlin responds to Ukrainian strike on St. Petersburg
Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov (photo: Getty Images)
The Kremlin commented on the overnight Ukrainian drone attack on St. Petersburg. Moscow stated that its response to Ukrainian strikes has already taken on a "systemic nature," according to the Russian state news agency TASS.
Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov was asked to explain how Moscow plans to respond to the drone strike on St. Petersburg ahead of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). No specifics were provided in the Kremlin spokesperson's response.
"I want to remind you of the statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which said that our responses will be systemic in nature. In fact, they already are systemic in nature," Peskov said.
In other words, the Kremlin hinted that no new retaliatory measures are being planned — Russia will continue its usual attacks on Ukraine.
On the night of June 3, Ukrainian long-range drones struck the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal, the largest oil processing complex in northwestern Russia.
The attack caused a large-scale fire. Leningrad Region Governor Alexander Drozdenko reported that 30 drones were shot down in the region.
Later, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy disclosed the full list of targets of the overnight attack: in addition to the oil terminal, facilities at the Kronstadt Naval Base and a weapons manufacturing enterprise in the Tambov region were struck. The distance from the Ukrainian border to St. Petersburg is approximately 1,100 kilometers.
The strike on Kronstadt was precise. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, ships and port infrastructure facilities were hit.
