St. Petersburg leaders and community members gathered outside City Hall on Wednesday morning for a special flag raising ceremony to kick off Independence Day festivities early.

St. Petersburg mayoral candidates discussed property taxes, affordable housing, city spending, and other issues ahead of the Aug. 18 primary.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Ukrainian long-range drones struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg, sending smoke over Vladimir Putin’s hometown and briefly grounding flights just as the Kremlin ...

Ukrainian drones rained down on St. Petersburg overnight, striking key infrastructure and wounding several people, just hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin’s signature economic forum drawing thousands of attendees opened in the city.

St Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov said the city of 6 million had come under a "large-scale" drone attack. He gave no details of specific targets, but local media outlet Bumaga reported a fire at