“It’s nightmarish,” Iliya, 21, expressed to NBC News only hours after drone attacks impacted the city. “We hope that it all will stop soon,” he continued.
A visible thick cloud of black smoke hovered over St. Petersburg, Russia’s cultural heart, on Wednesday, following a Ukrainian drone assault.
The incident occurred on June 3, 2026, as reported by Keir Simmons and Natasha Lebedeva.
Residents of St. Petersburg awoke to explosions. Many found themselves pulling back curtains to view the unsettling sight of smoke towering over the city. The drone attack significantly disrupted normalcy, affecting daily life in the region.