Episode Details

Ukraine launched roughly 310 drones into Russia overnight, striking targets around St. Petersburg just as Putin's flagship economic forum was opening. The attacks hit the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal, the Kronstadt area where the Baltic Fleet corvette Boyki was in dry dock, the Progress plant tied to aviation and missile control systems, and other Russian oil infrastructure. The timing turned the forum into a public embarrassment: smoke was visible near the venue, air travel over St. Petersburg was suspended, residents filmed the strikes despite harsh new laws, and Russian commentators admitted Ukraine was landing blows against both real targets and the government's image.

Chapters

00:00 Putin Gets a Black Eye

00:30 Ukraine Sends 310 Drones Into Russia

00:51 St. Petersburg Oil Terminal and Other Targets Hit

01:33 Ukraine Strikes the Boyki Near Kronstadt

02:28 Russia's Oil Infrastructure Keeps Burning

02:53 Smoke Rises Before Putin's Economic Forum

04:04 Ukraine Delivers a Fiery Keynote

04:36 St. Petersburg Security Gets Exhausted

05:19 Smoke Visible From the Forum

06:01 Residents Film the Burning Oil Depot

06:28 Air Travel Over St. Petersburg Suspended

06:46 The Forum Is Only 17 Kilometers Away

07:16 Russian Bloggers Admit the Image Damage

07:59 No Air Raid Alarm in Putin's Home City

09:03 Zelensky Allows Moscow's Parade, Not Putin's Forum

09:37 Melitopol and the Progress Plant

10:03 Russia's Drone Attack on Ukraine

10:28 Tracking Russia's Missile Production Pace

11:34 Ukraine Intercepts 189 of 198 Drones

11:49 Russia Hits a Farm in Kharkiv

12:16 An Aerobatic Pilot Hunts Shaheds

12:48 Russia's Battlefield Losses Keep Climbing

13:16 Record Seven-Day Equipment Losses

13:59 Where Russia Is Pressing the Front

14:27 Fire Point Gets the Shout Out

14:49 St. Petersburg's Drone Technology Irony

15:24 Robots at the Economic Forum

16:09 Putin's Forum Ends With a Black Eye

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