Ukrainian drones target St Petersburg as Putin attends scaled-down Navy Day

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Ukrainian drones target St Petersburg as Putin attends scaled-down Navy Day

Gleb Bryanski
Sun, July 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM EDT
2 min read

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Ukrainian drones targeted St. Petersburg on Sunday, Russian authorities said, forcing the airport to close for five hours as Vladimir Putin marked Russia's Navy Day in the city, despite the earlier cancellation of its naval parade due to security concerns.

St. Petersburg usually holds a large-scale, televised navy parade on Navy Day, which features a flotilla of warships and military vessels sailing down the Neva River and is attended by Putin.

Last year, Russia suspected a Ukrainian plan to attack the city's parade, according to state television.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Sunday that this year's parade had been cancelled for security reasons, following first reports of its cancellation in early July.

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[Bayard]

1. Dang

The ships would have been nice big targets.