Ukraine launches over 1,000 drones at Russia, setting oil facilities ablaze

At slightest 1 idiosyncratic has been killed, and 5 others injured aft Ukraine launched much than 1,000 drones astatine Russia, 1 of Kyiv’s largest aerial strikes successful the war.

St Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov said firefighters were battling fires sparked by Sunday’s attacks connected the St Petersburg lipid terminal, the Ruchi lipid depot and concern warehouses successful the Kolpinsky territory southbound of the city.

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The politician said the “massive” onslaught killed astatine slightest 1 idiosyncratic and injured five, and that respective residential buildings and 2 houses were besides hit.

The onslaught disrupted flights astatine St Petersburg’s main airport, 1 of the country’s busiest, which was restricting operations “for information reasons”, Beglov said.

Russian e-commerce institution Ozon said determination was a occurrence astatine its logistics hub successful St Petersburg. The net institution VK said drones attacked its information centre successful the broader Leningrad region, adding that mean services were disposable to users.

Leningrad Governor Alexander Drozdenko said 145 drones had been changeable down and astir 20,000 radical were without energy pursuing the drone raid.

The Ministry of Defence said 1,015 Ukrainian drones were neutralised overnight implicit 15 Russian regions, the annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea and the Black Sea.

US-Ukraine tensions deepen

The strikes came arsenic tensions betwixt Kyiv and Washington deepened, with US President Donald Trump criticising Ukraine’s attacks connected Russian lipid infrastructure, and the imaginable of further US sanctions against Moscow inactive uncertain.

On Sunday, Trump defended his Friday determination to enactment a clasp connected implementing caller sanctions connected Russia, saying helium did not privation to bash thing that would “foolishly” thrust Moscow “away from the bargaining table”.

In a societal media post, the US president said helium believed caller sanctions would undermine negotiations to bring astir a diplomatic extremity to Moscow’s warfare connected Ukraine, refuting bipartisan disapproval that helium was favouring Russian President Vladimir Putin’s interests implicit Kyiv’s.

Trump besides lashed retired astatine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has been captious of Trump’s caller outreach to Putin, for launching strikes connected Russian vigor infrastructure, claiming Zelenskyy “doesn’t privation to extremity this war”.

Trump had announced connected October 11 that Russia and Ukraine agreed to an “energy ceasefire”, but offered nary details. Zelenskyy told The Financial Times that helium was “done” with the ceasefire a fewer days later, aft holding disconnected connected striking Russia’s vigor facilities portion Moscow had continued attacking Ukraine’s.

Zelenskyy wrote connected X connected Sunday that Russia had attacked Ukraine’s energy, lipid and state sectors 76 times successful the week since Trump’s announcement.

Energy facilities successful 4 Ukrainian regions were struck overnight, leaving tens of thousands of families without power, helium said, accusing Russia of trying to “cause a blackout”.

“America should spot that Russia is not taking immoderate reciprocal steps successful effect to sanctions alleviation oregon agreements,” helium said.

Speaking connected NBC’s Meet the Press connected Sunday, Zelenskyy said that waiving sanctions against Russia would fortify Putin’s warfare effort. He besides said US-Ukraine quality sharing had resumed aft being “blocked for immoderate play of time”.

Zelenskyy said that portion helium trusted Trump, siding with Moscow would beryllium a calamity and a “historic mistake” for Washington.

Later connected Sunday, Zelenskyy said connected societal media that helium had spoken with US statesmanlike envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner astir the results of an October 9 gathering betwixt Washington and Kyiv’s negotiating teams successful Miami, arsenic good arsenic the “next steps successful diplomacy”.

Russian strikes termination two

Meanwhile, a Russian aerial onslaught ⁠killed ⁠a pistillate successful the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, overnight portion besides hitting a subway presumption and damaging a 25-storey residential ⁠building, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said connected Telegram connected Monday.

Rescuers enactment astatine an flat gathering damaged during a Russian aerial onslaught successful Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, connected October 17, 2026 [Reuters]

The attack, which besides deed non-residential buildings and a aesculapian facility, ‌injured 3 different radical successful Kyiv, Klitschko said.

Two Russian attacks connected the confederate Ukrainian metropolis of Zaporizhzhia killed a pistillate and wounded astatine slightest 2 different people, including a six-year-old girl, section officials said connected Sunday.

In different station connected X connected Sunday, Zelenskyy said Russian strikes connected residential buildings had killed 2 radical and injured 12, including 2 children, successful Volyn.

“This morning, determination was a onslaught connected an cultivation endeavor successful Volyn. All indispensable services are moving astatine the site,” helium said.

“In total, implicit this past week, the Russians person attacked Ukraine with astir 2,700 onslaught drones, 1,700 aerial bombs, and 66 missiles, astir of them ballistic,” the Ukrainian president wrote.