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Ukraine launched its largest drone attack on the St Petersburg region in four years, killing one and striking oil, logistics, and data-centre sites, while Zelenskyy declared Kyiv was 'done' with Trump's one-week-old energy ceasefire.

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**Ukraine** launched a massive drone attack on St Petersburg on Sunday, killing at least one and injuring five; governor Alexandre Beglov said blazes broke out at the St Petersburg oil terminal, the Ruchi oil depot, and warehouses in Kolpino.

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**Leningrad region** governor Alexander Drozdenko said 145 drones were shot down and roughly 20,000 people lost power, while Russia's defence ministry claimed 1,015 Ukrainian drones were neutralised overnight and TASS called it the largest attack on the region in four years.

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

By Al Jazeera · Summarized & edited by Kapil Samant · 2026-10-18

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Ukraine launched a massive drone attack on St Petersburg on Sunday, killing at least one and injuring five; governor Alexandre Beglov said blazes broke out at the St Petersburg oil terminal, the Ruchi oil depot, and warehouses in Kolpino.
Leningrad region governor Alexander Drozdenko said 145 drones were shot down and roughly 20,000 people lost power, while Russia's defence ministry claimed 1,015 Ukrainian drones were neutralised overnight and TASS called it the largest attack on the region in four years.
Ozon's St Petersburg logistics hub caught fire and VK's Leningrad-region data centre was struck, with the internet company saying normal services continued.
Zelenskyy said Russian overnight strikes on residential buildings killed two and injured 12 including two children, and tallied nearly 2,700 attack drones, 1,700 aerial bombs, and 66 missiles — most ballistic — launched against Ukraine in the past week.
Zelenskyy told the Financial Times Kyiv was 'done' with Trump's 'energy ceasefire,' posting that Russia had hit Ukrainian energy and oil-and-gas sites 76 times since the deal, including substations in Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, and Odesa regions.
Trump signed an executive order Friday waiving sanctions and tariffs on Moscow's energy revenues; Secretary of State Marco Rubio said it was a 60-day pause to analyse the impact on the global economy.

Why it matters: Trump's week-old 'energy ceasefire' is collapsing on both ends: Zelenskyy openly resumed refinery strikes while Russia keeps hitting Ukrainian substations, leaving tens of thousands without power in Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi and Odesa. Trump's Friday waiver of sanctions on Moscow's energy revenues — a 60-day 'analysis' pause per Rubio — undercuts the very leverage meant to enforce the deal he's trying to sell.