Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s St Petersburg kills 1, hits energy sites

Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's St Petersburg kills 1, hits energy sites

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A Ukrainian drone attack on St Petersburg in Russia has resulted in at least one death and five injuries, according to the city's governor, Alexandre Beglov. Beglov stated that firefighters were battling blazes at the St Petersburg oil terminal, the Ruchi oil depot, and industrial warehouses in the Kolpino district south of the city. Several residential buildings were also hit, along with two houses.

The attack disrupted flights at St Petersburg's main airport, one of the country's busiest, which was restricting operations

for safety reasons

, Beglov said. Russian e-commerce company Ozon reported a fire at its logistics hub in St Petersburg, and the internet company VK stated that its data centre in the Leningrad region had been attacked by drones. However, VK added that normal services were available to users.

The governor of the Leningrad region surrounding St Petersburg, Alexander Drozdenko, stated that 145 drones had been shot down and about 20,000 people were without electricity following the drone raid. Russia's state-run news agency TASS reported that the attack was the largest on the region in the last four years.

In Ukraine, Russian forces struck residential buildings overnight, killing two people and injuring 12, including two children, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on X. Zelenskyy stated that the attacks came after he said this week that Kyiv would resume hitting Russian refineries, insisting he was standing up for his war-torn country, as support from the United States declined.

Zelenskyy told the British newspaper the Financial Times this week that Kyiv was

done

with an

energy ceasefire

unilaterally declared by United States President Donald Trump and would resume strikes on Russia in retaliation for a wave of attacks.