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- Ukraine launched a massive overnight drone attack against Russia on Sunday, deploying over 1,000 drones toward St. Petersburg
- The strike is characterized as one of the largest aerial operations Kyiv has initiated since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war
- Drones struck an oil export terminal in St. Petersburg, igniting what the source describes as a "massive blaze" of fires
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Why it matters: Ukraine marshaling 1,000+ drones in a single overnight barrage — and successfully reaching a St. Petersburg oil export terminal — demonstrates Kyiv's expanding deep-strike capacity against Russian energy infrastructure deep inside Russian territory. Targeting export terminals specifically threatens the revenue base Russia relies on to finance its war effort.
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