Work has begun in St. Petersburg to install concrete shelters to protect against drones
22 June 04:42
Amid increasingly frequent attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Russian oil and gas infrastructure, concrete shelters have begun to be installed in the Kronstadt district of St. Petersburg. According to the district administration, the structures will be erected at four locations: on Yakornaya Square (next to the Naval St. Nicholas Cathedral), in a public space on Kronstadt Highway in Microdistrict 16, on Zosimova Street near the “Incheon” park, and elsewhere, reports "Komersant Ukrainian", citing Russian propaganda media.
The administration emphasized that the shelters will be located within the “Safe City” video surveillance zone and asked residents “not to litter and to use the facilities for their intended purpose.”
“The Ministry of Emergency Situations advises that in the event of a drone attack, it is recommended to remain indoors in a room with load-bearing walls and move away from windows. If you are outside during a drone attack, you should immediately take shelter in the nearest safe building,” the district administration’s statement reads.
Ukrainian drones have previously attacked energy facilities in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region on multiple occasions. For example, on the night of June 3, the “St. Petersburg Oil Terminal” caught fire as a result of an attack in the Kirovsky District. Explosions were heard at that time in the Admiralteysky, Vasileostrovsky, Primorsky, and Krasnosilsky districts of the city. And in early May, following a drone attack, operations at the “Kirishinefteorgsintez” (“Kinef”) oil refinery—one of the largest in Russia—were completely halted.
Against this backdrop, on June 18, the largest airstrike on Moscow since the start of the war took place: according to Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, approximately 200 drones were shot down as they approached the capital, with the main strike targeting the Moscow Oil Refinery in Kapotnya. The following day, attacks on the capital continued.
