Fire Point drones hit ships and an oil terminal in Russia's Saint Petersburg – Shtilerman
Kyiv • UNN
Shtilerman reported that Fire Point drones struck an oil terminal and ships in Russia's Leningrad Oblast during an economic forum. The Anti-Corruption Action Center (AntAC), which criticizes the Ukrainian manufacturer, is attempting to gain publicity from this.
Despite criticism from certain activists regarding the effectiveness of Ukrainian long-range weapons produced by Fire Point, their drones continue to hit targets deep in the Russian rear. During a large-scale attack on the Leningrad region on June 3, an oil terminal in Saint Petersburg and ships in Kronstadt were attacked. Fire Point co-owner and chief designer Denys Shtilerman stated that the company could not ignore the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum being held in the city, where Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to speak, and decided to "visit" there with their own strike assets, UNN reports.
In Saint Petersburg on the morning of June 3, numerous explosions rang out during a large-scale drone attack. According to ASTRA OSINT analysis, the strike resulted in a fire on the territory of JSC "Petersburg Oil Terminal" – one of the largest oil product transshipment complexes in northwestern Russia. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the strikes on important facilities on Russian territory. The incident occurred on the opening day of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), which runs from June 3 to 6 and is expected to gather foreign businessmen and government representatives.
According to Denys Shtilerman, SPIEF is the largest and most important event for Russia, where Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks every year "about how Russia is defeating everyone and becoming more powerful." This year, according to Shtilerman, Rodney Mims Cook Jr., Chairman of the Commission of Fine Arts under the US Presidential Administration, arrived at the forum and has already managed to visit the Lenfilm film studio.
Because of such distinguished guests and the importance of the event itself, we could not ignore it — and urgently flew to Piter [St. Petersburg]. But there is a nuance)) We really wanted to arrange a tour for the guests to the cruiser "Moskva," but unfortunately, we couldn't bring it there — so we had to take out two other ships right at the venue. I hope all SPIEF-2026 guests will breathe deeply and enjoy the views
According to the monitoring channel Exilenova+, several vessels were attacked in Kronstadt. One of them is likely the corvette Boikiy, which in 2025 repeatedly escorted ships of the Russian shadow fleet in the English Channel.
It is worth noting that the Anti-Corruption Action Center (AntAC) was also among the first to report Fire Point's strikes on Russian facilities on its social media, clearly trying to gain publicity on a "hot topic." At the same time, activists are actively working against the Ukrainian manufacturer, criticizing the production of weapons and ignoring successful strikes on facilities deep inside Russian territory.
The President spoke about 3,000 missiles, I think, back in '25, that were supposed to be manufactured. And for us, this was a key order for Fire Point. They received, well, if I call it a monopoly share, but at least the largest share of funding for these things (...) Do I not want Ukraine to have missiles? Of course I do. And that is the motivation why we are questioning, friends, why this company received what I consider a monopoly share of money for missiles that don't exist (...) I'm not interested in Shtilerman, but in the missiles at the end, because they were supposed to be there in '25 and they aren't. And they were supposed to be from Shtilerman. Step back – is there a result from him? (...) Yes, well, there were three successful strikes. That's not thousands of missiles, it's not even 300 successful ones, not even 30, but three. Is this the result for which we paid such a huge amount of money?
He even proposed nationalizing Fire Point on the grounds that the company allegedly failed to produce effective weapons.
As a reminder
Earlier, Fire Point co-owner and chief designer Denys Shtilerman published a video of FP-1 and FP-2 drones operating against military targets and fuel and energy facilities in the Russian Federation on the night of May 30. Ukrainian drones hit oil depots, a tanker, an Iskander, and two Tu-142 aircraft.