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On October 18, Ukraine launched more than 1,000 drones in a massive strike against Russia, setting several oil facilities ablaze in St Petersburg. The attack killed at least one person and injured five others, according to Governor Alexander Beglov. Fires broke out at the St Petersburg Oil Terminal and the Ruchi oil depot, while Russian e-commerce company Ozon reported a fire at its logistics hub and internet giant VK confirmed that its data center near St Petersburg was hit but services remained operational.

The incident occurred amid ongoing tensions between Ukraine and Washington after President Donald Trump declared an "energy ceasefire" on October 11. Despite the truce, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the resumption of attacks on Russian oil facilities to limit Moscow's revenue for its war effort. This move infuriated Trump, who had struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to import Russian diesel in an attempt to lower U.S. energy prices amid the Iran conflict.

Russian air defense units reported downing 1,015 Ukrainian drones overnight during the attack. The strike also disrupted operations at St Petersburg’s main airport for safety reasons. Governor Beglov added that several residential buildings and two houses were damaged by Sunday's attacks, indicating broader collateral damage from the drone strikes. This event underscores the escalating tensions between Ukraine and Russia as both sides continue to engage in military actions despite calls for ceasefire.

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A “massive” Ukrainian drone attack on St Petersburg in Russia has killed at least one person and injured five others, the city’s governor said on Sunday. asserted

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Alexandre Beglov said firefighters were battling blazes at the St Petersburg oil terminal, the Ruchi oil depot and industrial warehouses in the Kolpino district south of the city. asserted

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Can its election change that? asserted

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buildings → keep → houses

City authorities said the attack disrupted flights at St Petersburg’s main airport, one of the country’s busiest, which was restricting operations “for safety reasons”, Beglov said. asserted

Beglov → say → reasons

Russian e-commerce company Ozon said there was a fire at its logistics hub in St Petersburg, and the internet company VK said its data centre in the Leningrad region had been attacked by drones, adding that normal services were available to users. asserted

services → say → users

The governor of the Leningrad region surrounding St Petersburg, Alexander Drozdenko, said 145 drones had been shot down and about 20,000 people were without electricity following the drone raid. asserted

people → surround → raid

Russia’s state-run news agency TASS said the attack was the largest on the region in the last four years. asserted

attack → run → years

Moscow’s defence ministry said 1,015 Ukrainian drones were neutralised overnight. asserted

drones → say → ?

Russian strikes kill two In Ukraine, Russian forces struck residential buildings overnight, killing two people and injuring 12, including two children, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on X on Sunday. asserted

Zelenskyy → kill → Sunday

All necessary services are working at the site,” he said. asserted

he → work → site

“In total, over this past week, the Russians have attacked Ukraine with almost 2,700 attack drones, 1,700 aerial bombs, and 66 missiles, most of them ballistic.” asserted

most → attack → them

The attacks came after Zelenskyy said this week that Kyiv would resume hitting Russian refineries, insisting he was standing up for his war-torn country, as support from the United States declined. asserted

support → come → States

Zelenskyy told the British newspaper the Financial Times this week that Kyiv was “done” with an “energy ceasefire” unilaterally declared by United States President Donald Trump and would resume strikes on Russia in retaliation for a wave of attacks. asserted

Kyiv → tell → attacks

‘Energy ceasefire’ falters Trump announced an immediate “energy ceasefire” between Russia and Ukraine last week, but Zelenskyy said Moscow continued to violate the deal. asserted

Moscow → falter → deal

“Since the American President announced the energy ceasefire a week ago, Russia has deliberately attacked Ukraine’s energy and oil and gas sectors 76 times,” he wrote in his X post on Sunday. “Last night alone, there were strikes on substations in the Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, and Odesa regions,” he wrote, adding that tens of thousands of families remained without power as energy workers and repair crews worked round the clock to restore supplies. asserted

workers → announce → supplies

Zelenskyy also said that the main targets of Moscow’s recent strikes were energy facilities, as the Russians were trying to “cause a blackout”. asserted

Russians → say → blackout

“America should see that Russia is not taking any reciprocal steps in response to sanctions relief or agreements,” he said. asserted

he → see → relief

Trump is also facing criticism in both Europe and the US after he signed an executive order on Friday to waive sanctions and tariffs targeting Moscow’s energy revenues. asserted

he → face → revenues

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that Trump’s waiver would be a pause to “analyse” their impact on the global economy. “The president wants to take the 60-day period of time to sort of analyse what imposing both sanctions and tariffs will mean to the global economy and even to the US economy,” Rubio said, noting that the economic restrictions involved a number of countries, not just Russia. asserted

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Trump said late on Saturday his decision would benefit the US. asserted

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“We’ll figure it out, and you’ll figure it out,” he said. asserted

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“It’s a very good decision, and it’s going to be a decision that’s good for the country, and I think good for the world.” asserted

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