Ukraine launches more than 1,000 drones at Russia, setting St Petersburg oil sites on fire
One person was killed in St Petersburg, the city’s governor says, in one of the largest drone attacks of the war.
Known
•Fires broke out at the St Petersburg Oil Terminal and the Ruchyi depot (Governor Beglov). •One person was killed and five injured in St Petersburg (Governor Beglov). •Russia says it downed about 1,015 drones (Russian Defence Ministry).
Not known yet
•How much damage the oil terminal took, and whether exports from it are affected. •Ukraine’s own account of the targets and results; no statement has been found yet. •The real regional drone count: officials gave 127 and 145 for the same raid.
Ukraine launched one of the largest drone attacks of the war overnight into Sunday, 18 October. Russia’s Defence Ministry said it shot down about 1,015 drones near Moscow and other western regions.
In St Petersburg, Governor Alexander Beglov said fires broke out at the St Petersburg Oil Terminal, the Ruchyi oil depot and industrial warehouses in the Kolpinsky district. He said one person was killed and five were injured, and that apartment buildings and homes were damaged.
Russian state media said a VKontakte data centre was also hit. A logistics centre of the online retailer Ozon caught fire; staff were evacuated. Two transformer substations were hit in Yanino, leaving about 20,000 people without power on Sunday morning, according to reports.
The attack came as US President Donald Trump has criticised Kyiv for striking Russian oil infrastructure.