Russian authorities say Ukraine has launched an “unprecedented attack” on and around St Petersburg, as the city hosts the final day of Russia’s annual economic forum.

More than 140 drones were shot down over the surrounding Leningrad region, governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said, while the city’s governor, Alexander Beglov, urged residents to remain indoors for the first time since the war began.

Ukraine’s president said his forces hit Russia’s arsenals and a naval base in what he called a just response to Russian attacks.

It comes a day after Vladimir Putin told the forum there was no point in meeting Volodymyr Zelensky, who had called for direct talks on ending the war.

Zelesnky posted on social media on Saturday to say it was “time to end this war”, but accused Russia’s leader of wanting to “keep fighting.”

He said his country’s drones had covered a distance of 1,000km (620 miles) to the St Petersburg region, targeting “the enemy navy’s arsenals and a base in Kronstadt”, referring to the main outpost of the Russian Navy’s Baltic Fleet.

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