Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg oil sites, killing at least one

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A large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on St Petersburg and the surrounding Leningrad region set an oil refinery and depot ablaze and killed at least one person, with as many as 15 injured, local authorities said on Sunday. Fires broke out at an oil terminal and depot, and a data centre used by Russia's equivalent of Facebook was also hit. The Kremlin said the strikes would not change its war aims. The attack came as Kyiv accused Moscow of violating a US-brokered "energy ceasefire" dozens of times, and as Brent crude hovered near $109 a barrel amid renewed energy-infrastructure strikes. The strikes underline how far Ukrainian long-range drones can now reach into Russia's second-largest city and its energy infrastructure.

Why it matters：Long-range drone strikes on Russian energy infrastructure raise oil-market risk and show Ukraine can hit deep inside Russia, shaping both the war's trajectory and global crude prices.

Key points

  • Fires broke out at an oil refinery and depot in St Petersburg, and a data centre was hit.
  • At least one person was killed; reports put injuries at up to 15.
  • The Kremlin said the attacks would not change Russia's war aims.

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