Ukrainian drones attack St Petersburg, sparking fires and one death
A large overnight drone assault on Russia's second-largest city set industrial sites ablaze and left one person dead, officials said.
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What happened
A large Ukrainian drone attack overnight on Sunday, October 18, hit St Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city, sparking fires and explosions. Officials said one person was killed and five injured, and fires broke out at oil facilities, industrial and logistics sites, and a data centre. Russian officials said 126 drones were intercepted in the surrounding region.
Why it matters
The attack set an oil export terminal ablaze, part of a wider Ukrainian campaign in which Kyiv launched more than 1,000 drones across Russia in one of its largest ever aerial bombardments.
Timeline
- Oct 18, 12:51 AM ET: Video posted on social media showed multiple explosions in St Petersburg after a suspected Ukrainian drone swarm.
- Oct 18, 5:53 AM ET: The regional governor said one person was killed and five injured in the drone attack.
- Oct 18, 8:46 AM ET: Kyiv launched more than 1,000 drones across Russia in one of its largest ever aerial bombardments, as an oil export terminal in St Petersburg burned.
Coverage
- Blaze at St Petersburg oil sites as Kyiv launches more than 1,000 drones at Russia (CTV News)
- Russia: Huge flames and smoke rise over St Petersburg after drone strikes (Africanews)
- Oil facilities hit in deadly overnight attack on St Petersburg (BBC)
- One Killed, Five Injured in Ukrainian Drone Attack on St. Petersburg, Governor Says (The Moscow Times)
- St Petersburg under attack from Ukrainian drone swarm (Al Jazeera)
- Flames, explosions reported amid large Ukrainian drone attack on St. Petersburg (Kyiv Independent)
- Russia and Ukraine trade mass drone and missile strikes on energy sites
- Russian drone attacks hit Ukraine's power grid overnight
- Ukraine resumes refinery strikes as energy truce collapses, Trump objects
- Russian strikes hit Kyiv's power and water as missiles fall again
- Russia keeps striking Ukraine despite Trump's energy truce
- Russia keeps striking Ukraine as Trump's energy truce frays
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