News · 6 June 2026
St Petersburg hit by drones as Putin snubs peace talks
Nikolai Bulykin via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Peace talks between Ukraine and Russia look unlikely after President Putin refused to meet Volodymyr Zelensky, dimming hopes for an end to the war. The occurrence followed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles striking areas surrounding St Petersburg that Wednesday, affecting multiple locations, including an oil terminal. Zelensky had forwarded an open letter appealing for direct talks, though Putin described the document as 'rude' and believed it served no purpose.
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