St Petersburg, 18 October. One person was killed and 15 were injured when Ukrainian drones attacked oil facilities, logistics centres and data centres in St Petersburg and the Leningrad region overnight into 18 October, local authorities said (Yahoo News / Reuters, Anadolu).
St Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov reported fires at the St Petersburg oil terminal, an oil depot and industrial warehouses; Ozon said its logistics hub was on fire and VK said its data centre in the Leningrad region had been attacked, although its services were working normally (Yahoo News / Reuters). Twelve apartment buildings and two private houses were damaged in the city (TASS).
The Investigative Committee opened a terrorism case, citing fires in the Nevsky, Krasnoselsky, Krasnogvardeisky and Moskovsky districts and at the oil terminal (RBC). According to the Russian Defence Ministry, 1,015 Ukrainian drones were destroyed over Russian regions overnight (TASS); by TASS's count based on data from Governor Alexander Drozdenko, the attack on the Leningrad region was one of the largest in four years (TASS).
Background: France 24 reports that on the same day Kyiv accused Russia of violating dozens of times the "energy ceasefire" associated with Donald Trump (France 24). The Guardian writes that Ukraine sent more than 1,000 drones overnight against Russian oil depots, logistics facilities and data centres (The Guardian).
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