Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck the Russian Federation's "Kronstadt" naval base near St. Petersburg
The Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that they had struck the Russian Baltic Fleet’s Kronstadt naval base, located near St. Petersburg.
According to the Special Operations Forces, the strike on the facility was carried out on the night of June 5 as part of Operation Deep Strike.
Units from the Special Operations Forces, the Unmanned Systems Forces, and the Security Service of Ukraine were involved in the operation.
The command reported that several drones successfully reached their targets.
“Several SSO drones successfully reached their targets. A fire was reported on the base’s territory,” the statement said.
The Kronstadt base is one of the key facilities of the Russian Federation’s Baltic Fleet. It houses military ships and submarines, training centers, repair docks, and shipbuilding facilities.
The Special Operations Forces emphasized that following Russia’s losses in the Black Sea, the importance of this facility for the Russian Navy has increased.
According to the Ukrainian military, the distance from the Ukrainian border to the base is about 1,000 kilometers.
The SSO described the operation as a strike against one of the key elements of the Russian Federation’s naval infrastructure.
This was reported by the Special Operations Forces command on Facebook.
In St. Petersburg, Russia, smoke was observed in the Lomonosov area, where the Research Institute of Marine Thermal Engineering is located—one of Russia’s key enterprises in the development of underwater weapons for the navy.
In Tyumen, Russia, a major fire broke out at the Antipinsky Oil Refinery—the largest private oil refinery in the Russian Federation. According to eyewitness reports, a series of explosions was heard at the facility before the fire started.
On the night of June 6, Russia again came under a massive drone attack. In the Krasnodar region, a fire broke out at an oil depot following explosions, and in the temporarily occupied city of Mariupol, there are reports of a strike on the port area.
On the night of June 5, attack drones struck a number of targets in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. In Luhansk, a massive fire broke out at an oil depot following the attack; explosions and strikes were also reported in the Donetsk, Vuhlehirsk, and Mariupol areas.
On June 3 and during the night of June 4, Ukrainian defense forces struck a number of key military targets belonging to the Russian aggressor.
