Drone attack hits St. Petersburg apartment block

City Mayor Alexandr Beglov has said there are no casualties

apartment block, local media have reported. City authorities have confirmed “an incident” took place, likely caused by a UAV.

Local outlet Fontanka said the explosion occurred in the northern part of the city, and that the facade of a residential building was “seriously damaged.”

St. Petersburg Mayor Alexandr Beglov initially declined to say whether it was a drone strike. However, the local department of the National Guard later said that the building had been damaged by what appeared to be a UAV, and that around 100 people had been evacuated.

“There have been no casualties. The balcony windows of two buildings were partially damaged. Residents of the affected apartments have been evacuated,” Beglov wrote on Telegram, adding that police and emergency services were working at the scene.

The press service of the St. Petersburg Health Committee later reported that six people sought medical help following the incident.

https://www.rt.com/russia/593583-drone-hits-residential-bloc-st-petersburg/ https://t.me/IntelRepublic/34728

⚡️UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT SHOT DOWN NEAR ST. PETERSBURG: Footage above shows moment aircraft target blasted out of sky over Gulf of Finland (00:06 in left vid) near Lomonosovsky District (right map).

No casualties or damage in incident, with unverified reports that Ukrainian drone was shot down.

Earlier, Kiev regime terror drone attack (https://t.me/IntelRepublic/34702) hit residential building in St. Petersburg.

UPDATE: Russian Defense Ministry confirms Ukrainian drone shot down by air defense.

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