The 29th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2026) is being held between June 3 and 6

Several people have been wounded in Ukrainian drone attacks on St. Petersburg on the opening day of Russia's largest investment forum hosted by the city, local governor Aleksandr Beglov has said.

UAVs targeted infrastructure in the Kirovsky and Krasnoselsky districts as well in the port of Kronstadt, which is also part of St. Petersburg, Beglov wrote in a post on Telegram on Wednesday morning.

Response teams have been deployed to the facilities damaged by the attacks, he added.

The 29th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2026), which is often referred to as the 'Russian Davos', is taking place between June 3 and 6.

This year's forum will be attended by around 20,000 businesspeople, politicians, and public figures from more than 100 nations. Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to address the gathering on Friday.

In Leningrad Region, which surrounds St. Petersburg, at least 59 Ukrainian drones were shot down overnight, local governor Aleksandr Drozdenko has said. Several private homes suffered minor damage due to falling debris, but there were no injuries, he added.

In total, 345 Ukrainian UAVs were shot down across Russia overnight as the country came under another large-scale attack, the Defense Ministry reported.

The interceptions took place over Moscow, Leningrad, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Novgorod, Orel, Pskov, Rostov, Smolensk, Tver, Tula, and Krasnodar regions, as well as over Crimea and the Sea of Azov, the ministry said.

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