Blaze at St Petersburg oil sites as Kyiv launches more than 1,000 drones at Russia

A fiery explosion engulfed an oil export terminal in St. Petersburg on Sunday, as Kyiv orchestrated a barrage of over 1,000 drones across Russia, marking one of its largest aerial assaults to date. This brazen attack coincided with escalating tensions between Ukraine and Washington, as U.S. President Donald Trump voiced his disapproval of Kyiv's strikes on Russian oil facilities.

The devastating incident resulted in the loss of one life and left five individuals injured. The inferno ravaged both the Petersburg Oil Terminal and the Ruchi oil depot in the city. Moreover, a logistics center operated by the Russian retailer Ozon and a data center of the local tech giant VK also fell victim to the attack, with both corporations confirming the targeted entities.

In response, Russia's Ministry of Defense claimed that its forces successfully neutralized 1,015 Ukrainian drones across 15 Russian regions, as well as the Crimea Peninsula and the Black Sea. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov conveyed to Russian state news agency Tass that Kyiv was "resisting" Moscow's invasion, but acknowledged that Ukraine could not alter the ongoing situation.