Ukrainian drones strike St Petersburg oil sites in massive attack on Russia

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Ukrainian drone attacks set an oil export terminal ablaze in St. Petersburg on Sunday, part of a massive bombardment of over 1,000 drones across Russia, killing one person and wounding five others. The strikes occurred amid rising tensions with Washington over Kyiv's targeting of Russian oil infrastructure. Fires broke out at the Petersburg Oil Terminal and Ruchi oil depot, while a logistics center for retailer Ozon and a data center for tech firm VK were also hit. Russia's Defense Ministry reported destroying 1,015 drones over 15 regions, Crimea, and the Black Sea. The attack follows a U.S.-brokered energy ceasefire announced Oct. 11, which Ukraine says Russia has violated with 76 strikes on its energy sites in the past week. A separate Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia killed a woman and wounded two others.


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