Ukraine Defies Trump and Launches One of Its Biggest Drone Attacks on Russia This Year
Ukraine hit a St. Petersburg oil terminal and other sites as Russia said it downed 1,015 drones and one person was killed.
- Over the weekend, Ukraine launched more than 1,000 drones targeting Russian infrastructure, striking St. Petersburg on Saturday night and Sunday morning and leaving one person dead and five injured in the city.
- President Donald Trump demanded Ukraine halt strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, calling them a "disgrace," though neither Kyiv nor Moscow acknowledged a ceasefire agreement Trump claimed they had reached.
- St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov confirmed strikes hit the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal and the Ruch'i oil depot, while flight operations at Pulkovo International Airport were temporarily suspended following the attack.
- In response, Russia launched at least 76 strikes targeting Ukraine's energy and oil sectors within 24 hours, killing 11 people, injuring nearly 50, and leaving 140 settlements without power.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed frustration as the US recently invoked a waiver exempting Russia from economic penalties, while intelligence sharing had been temporarily blocked for three days during missile attacks.
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