Skip to main content
Get facts, not fiction
Published • loading... • Updated

Residents of St Petersburg Have Filmed Drone Strikes on City Targets and Large-Scale Fires. VIDEO

The attack set off fires and outages, with 15 flights canceled and more than 20,000 people left without electricity, officials said.

  • On Sunday, October 18, a massive drone attack struck Saint Petersburg, targeting the "Petersburg Oil Terminal" and an Ozon warehouse in the Kolpinsky District.
  • Videos captured the strike on the facility and the terminal, while preliminary reports indicate the "VKontakte" data centre and "Vostochnaya" substation were also targeted.
  • Pulkovo Airport suspended operations due to the strikes, resulting in 15 flight cancellations. As of 7 a.m., departures to Moscow and Sochi were delayed.
  • Leningrad Region Governor Alexander Drozdenko reported power outages in Yanino affecting 50 apartment buildings. "The disconnection of two transformer substations in Yanino is ongoing; around 20,000 people are in the affected area," he said.
  • Russia's Defense Ministry reported the destruction of 1,015 UAVs across the Russian Federation, while regional officials stated 144 UAVs had been shot down during the overnight strikes.
Insights by Ground AI

20 Articles

informacion.esinformacion.es
+4 Reposted by 4 other sources
Center

The Ukrainian Army launched one of the largest drone strikes in the entire war against St. Petersburg, the second Russian city, and the adjacent Leningrad region, in which one person died and five others were injured.

Lean Right

The attack by the U.S.U. on St. Petersburg resulted in the death of one person, five of whom were injured, as reported by Governor Alexander Beglov.

Lean Left

One person was killed and ten others were injured in a massive drone attack on the Russian city of St. Petersburg on the night of October 18, the city's governor, Alexander Beglov, said. According to him, seven of the injured were hospitalized. At the moment, the information provided does not provide details about the circumstances surrounding the death of the deceased and the condition of the injured. Damage to residential buildings The attack …

Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/yearSubscribe

Bias Distribution

  • 43% of the sources lean Left
43% Left

Factuality Info Icon

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

Info Icon

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

fakti.bg broke the news on Sunday, October 18, 2026.
Too Big Arrow Icon
Sources are mostly out of (0)

Similar News Topics

News
Feed Dots Icon
For You
Search Icon
Search
Blindspot LogoBlindspotLocal