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Oil facilities hit in deadly overnight attack on St Petersburg
BBC • • general
Key Points:
- An overnight drone attack on St Petersburg targeted two major oil facilities, killing at least one person and injuring five, with fires reported at the St Petersburg Oil Terminal and Ruchyi oil depot.
- Additional strikes hit a logistics centre of Ozon, Russia's Amazon equivalent, and a data centre of social network VKontakte, causing service disruptions but no reported injuries.
- Russia's defense ministry claimed to have shot down over 1,000 Ukrainian drones overnight, while damage also affected residential buildings and temporarily closed Pulkovo Airport.
- Ukraine resumed strikes on Russian oil infrastructure this week after a brief pause following a US-brokered "energy ceasefire," despite criticism from former President Donald Trump and others.
- The attacks are part of ongoing intensified strikes on energy and economic targets by both sides amid the prolonged conflict, with significant civilian casualties reported in Ukraine during recent weeks.
