Ukrainian drones hit a warehouse for a Russian e-commerce giant near Saint Petersburg early Friday, triggering a fire that sent smoke pouring over the historic city, according to local officials and an AFP reporter.
Kyiv has targeted Saint Petersburg as it steps up long-range drone strikes on Russian energy, military and logistics sites in recent weeks.
An AFP reporter saw grey smoke rising into the morning sky over high-rise buildings in the city, which is more than 800 kilometres (500 miles) from the Ukrainian border.
The local governor reported that a warehouse for Wildberries — Russia’s largest online retailer often referred to as “Russia’s Amazon” — was on fire after the strike.
“Three people were wounded,” Alexander Drozdenko, governor of the surrounding Leningrad region said on social media.
It was the third overnight attack by Ukraine on Wildberries’ sites in the past week.
One of the company’s logistics hubs outside
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