Ukrainian drones strike oil terminal in St Petersburg as Putin’s ‘Davos’ gets under way

Ukraine struck an oil export terminal in St Petersburg hours before President Vladimir Putin’s annual economic forum got under way in an attempt to embarrass the Kremlin chief and show how vulnerable Russia’s big cities are.

The attack on St Petersburg, Putin’s home city, and the location of his own ‘Davos’ – a showcase economic forum designed to attract foreign investment and show Russia at its best, comes as both sides dial up strikes on each other in the more than four-year-old war with no...