Ukraine hits St. Petersburg site as Putin’s Davos kicks off – POLITICO

KYIV — Ukraine attacked an oil terminal in St. Petersburg in the early hours of Wednesday morning — just before Russian President Vladimir Putin’s big economic forum kicked off in the city.

“Important facilities on Russian territory were hit last night. Among them was the Petersburg Oil Terminal. The distance from Ukraine is about 1,100 kilometers. Purely military targets at the Kronstadt base were also hit,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a statement Wednesday.

The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum — a key international event for Putin aiming to project strength and prove Russia is not globally isolated — started Wednesday with dozens of Russian officials, Gulf heavyweights and business representatives from Brazil and Germany expected to attend.