00:04social media users are commenting on a video of russian air defenses during the ukrainian drone
00:10attack on the saint petersburg oil terminal one of the largest on the baltic sea the footage
00:16published by the air defense forces has left the internet unimpressed conscripts and police
00:21stationed on the roof are attempting to shoot down the ukrainian drones with automatic fire
00:26once they're over the city footage from saint petersburg shows people with automatic weapons
00:32helplessly firing at drones but they continue to fly there are no visible air defense systems or
00:38equipment nor are any anti-aircraft missiles launched in one video a gunner fires a burst
00:44then sees the drone moving on and simply gives up in despair footage later appears of a fire at an
00:51oil depot the reaction of the russian conscripts themselves has drawn particular irony on social
00:57media videos are circulating online of those who participated in repelling the attack filming the
01:02aftermath laughing and posing in front of the burning structure the ukrainian special operations forces
01:09reported that the strike on the saint petersburg oil terminal was carried out by deep strike units
01:15in conjunction with the security service of ukraine the unmanned systems forces the main intelligence
01:21directorate and the state border service according to the sof the terminal has 31 storage tanks with a
01:28total capacity of 324 000 cubic meters and a throughput capacity of 12.5 million tons per year
01:37volodymyr zelensky confirmed the strike according to him ukrainian forces hit targets
01:43approximately 1 100 kilometers from the border the successful ukrainian drone attack on targets in
01:50saint petersburg was not only a reputational blow to the kremlin but also demonstrated the vulnerability
01:56of one of russia's main sources of income according to elizabeth broff a senior fellow at the atlantic
02:03council think tank according to sky news according to the expert ukraine is actively exploiting its drone
02:09production capabilities and constantly finding new ways to use them this is why the attack on russian
02:15facilities near saint petersburg was emblematic from both a military and political perspective
02:22brau called the operation brazen and noted its symbolic timing the strike occurred just as the city was
02:28hosting a major international economic forum attended by foreign delegations imagine holding a large-scale
02:35economic forum where participants see columns of smoke rising over the city and realize that the
02:41infrastructure associated with oil exports is burning the expert noted in her opinion the situation
02:48is particularly unpleasant for the russian leadership also because it demonstrates the inability of the
02:54air defense system to fully protect strategic facilities even in the region of the country's second most
02:59important agglomeration this is an extremely awkward and humiliating situation for putin it demonstrates
03:06that russia is incapable of fully defending itself against such drone attacks the expert emphasized
03:13according to the expert ukraine is increasingly leveraging its own advances in drone production and
03:19finding new ways to use them to strike strategically important targets in russia against the backdrop of
03:25sanctions and rising military spending oil exports remain one of the key sources of revenue for the
03:30russian budget therefore successful attacks on oil infrastructure could have not only military but also
03:37significant economic consequences for moscow the expert emphasized that ukraine has effectively
03:43demonstrated its ability to target the infrastructure that provides russia with revenue from energy exports
03:50oil and petroleum product sales remain a key source of revenue for the russian budget
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