{"id":431193,"date":"2026-10-18T12:08:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T12:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/431193\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T12:08:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T12:08:47","slug":"blaze-at-st-petersburg-oil-sites-as-ukraine-launches-more-than-1000-drones-at-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/431193\/","title":{"rendered":"Blaze at St Petersburg oil sites as Ukraine launches more than 1,000 drones at Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ukrainian attacks set an oil export terminal ablaze in St. Petersburg on Sunday, as Kyiv launched more than 1,000 drones across Russia in one of its largest ever aerial bombardments.<\/p>\n

The attack comes amid deepening tensions between Ukraine and Washington, with US President Donald Trump criticizing Kyiv<\/a> for its strikes on Russian oil infrastructure.<\/p>\n

One person was killed and five more were wounded in the attack, which sparked fires at both the Petersburg Oil Terminal and the city\u2019s Ruchi oil depot, said local Gov. Alexander Beglov. <\/p>\n

An oil terminal burns following an air attack in Saint Petersburg, on Oct. 18, 2026. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Smoke rises above the city following an air attack on the oil terminal in Saint Petersburg, Russia on Oct. 18, 2026. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

A logistics center belonging to Russian retailer Ozon and a data center for local tech giant VK were also targeted, both companies confirmed.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s Ministry of Defense said Sunday that its forces had destroyed 1,015 Ukrainian drones over 15 Russian regions, as well as the annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea and the Black Sea.<\/p>\n

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Russian state news agnecy Tass that Kyiv was \u201cresisting\u201d Moscow\u2019s invasion, but that Ukraine could not \u201cchange the current course of events.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ukraine launched more than 1,000 drones in its strike in St. Petersburg. STRINGER\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a woman died and at least two other people were wounded, including a 6-year-old girl, after Russia launched two attacks on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, local officials said.<\/p>\n

Two apartment buildings, 18 cars and an educational institution were damaged as a result of the attack, head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration Mykhailo Semikin said.<\/p>\n

Russia continues energy attacks, Kyiv says<\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump<\/a> announced on Oct. 11 that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an \u201cenergy cease-fire\u201d in the 4 1\/2-year-old war, but offered no details on it and Kyiv reported attacks by Moscow on energy sites after his statement.<\/p>\n

Ukraine confirmed Thursday it had resumed attacks on Russian oil after a three-day hiatus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fishing enthusiasts fish on the Neva river embankment in Petersburg, Russia, on Oct. 18, 2026, as black smoke rises in the distance. STRINGER\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Zelensky was outraged by Russia\u2019s continuing aerial bombardment of his country\u2019s energy infrastructure in apparent defiance of Trump\u2019s demand on Sunday for both sides to halt those attacks. <\/p>\n

The Ukrainian government initially said that it was heeding the cease-fire.<\/p>\n

In a post on X Sunday, Zelensky said that in the week since Trump\u2019s announcement of an energy cease-fire, Russia had attacked Ukraine\u2019s energy, oil and gas sectors 76 times.<\/p>\n

He also said that in the past night alone, energy facilities in four Ukrainian regions had been attacked and tens of thousands of families were still without power. He accused Russia of trying to cause a blackout.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmerica should see that Russia is not taking any reciprocal steps in response to sanctions relief or agreements. On the contrary, they take every signal of an opportunity to make money as proof that their bet on war is paying off and they can keep fighting,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

Zelensky was outraged by Russia\u2019s continuing aerial bombardment of his country\u2019s energy infrastructure. ZUMAPRESS.com<\/p>\n

Zelensky also stressed that the war was continuing due to Russia\u2019s invasion \u2014 not because Ukraine was defending itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is Russia that must face pressure for peace to have a chance. Thank you to everyone who understands this and helps,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Trump told reporters Saturday that they don\u2019t know what his decision is yet regarding further sanctions on Russia, despite the executive order he signed Friday night waiving planned restrictions, citing a US national interest.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll figure it out, and you\u2019ll figure it out. But it\u2019s a very good decision, and it\u2019s going to be a decision that\u2019s good for the country, and I think good for the world,\u201d Trump said at a fundraising dinner at his Florida estate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ukrainian attacks set an oil export terminal ablaze in St. Petersburg on Sunday, as Kyiv launched more than…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[19728,40759,5767,202,204,203,199,201,200,21553,38754,41453,10645],"class_list":["post-431193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-oil","tag-putin","tag-russia","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-ukraine","tag-ukraine-war","tag-volodymyr-zelensky","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}