Ukraine Tried to Attack Civilian Infrastructure in St. Petersburg: MoD
16:59 07.05.2026 (Updated: 17:32 07.05.2026)
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The Ukrainian armed forces attempted to attack civilian infrastructure facilities in the St. Petersburg area on Thursday, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
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Russian Aerospace Forces detected six UAVs in Latvia's airspace
Over Latvia, Russian monitoring systems identified two French Rafale and two F-16 fighter jets
At approximately 4:00 AM Moscow time, tracking of five of the six detected UAVs was lost near Rezekne in eastern Latvia; the sixth UAV was shot down southeast of the Russian city of Pskov
Analysis of the debris has identified the target that attacked from Latvian airspace as a Ukrainian-made Lyuty UAV
