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Ukraine hits St Petersburg again as Putin spurns talks

Residents of St Petersburg have been told not to leave their homes after a "large-scale" Ukrainian drone attack targeted the city.

The attack on Saturday underscored Kyiv's growing ability to hit deep inside Russia and coming a day after the Russian president refused an offer to meet his Ukrainian counterpart.

St Petersburg governor Alexander Beglov advised the residents not to go outside and warned of possible disruptions to mobile internet service, while regional governor Alexander Drozdenko said 141 drones were shot down over the surrounding Leningrad region.

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