Russia downs 92 drones over Leningrad region near Baltic ports

Russia shot down 92 drones over the Leningrad region early Wednesday, Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said on Telegram, in an attack northwest of Moscow. The report could not be independently confirmed by Reuters. The region hosts key Baltic Sea ports for Russian oil and grain exports, including Ust-Luga, Primorsk, and Vysotsk, as well as the Kirishi oil refinery, Russia's second-largest. On Monday, a drone struck that refinery, causing a fire and killing a woman. Neighboring Latvia and Lithuania warned residents to take shelter from unidentified drones entering via Russia or Belarus, activating NATO air defense jets. In Ukraine, a drone attack cut power in parts of Kryvyi Rih, as new Russia-Ukraine talks began in Abu Dhabi.