(ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA) – A Ukrainian drone strike has set a Russian naval corvette ablaze in a St Petersburg dry dock, just 17 kilometres from the Kremlin’s flagship International Economic Forum, according to footage verified on 4 June. The attack on the Baltic Fleet vessel and simultaneous explosions at a nearby fuel depot shattered any illusion of normality at an event intended to showcase Russian economic resilience. Delegates at the forum, including an American contingent, could reportedly see and hear the drones overhead before witnessing the failure of Russian air defence systems to intercept them. Russian blogger and commentator Yevgeni…