Oil facilities in St. Petersburg hit in overnight attack

According to the BBC, at least one person was killed and at least five injured in an overnight attack on St. Petersburg that targeted two oil facilities. The St Petersburg Oil Terminal and the Ruchyi oil depot were hit, and fires were reported at both sites. The attack also struck a logistics centre belonging to Ozon and a data centre belonging to VKontakte.

Governor Alexander Beglov said fires were being extinguished at the oil terminal and depot, and that 12 apartment buildings and two homes were damaged. He also reported that Pulkovo Airport was temporarily closed and that mobile internet service disruption was possible.

VK confirmed that a drone had targeted its regional data centre, but said its services were available "as usual" after users reported outages. Ozon said its local logistics centre was hit by a drone, staff were evacuated, no injuries were reported, and that the site was not accepting shipments.

Russia's defence ministry said it had shot down more than 1,000 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory overnight. Ukraine said it had paused its strikes on Russian oil facilities for three days after President Zelensky announced an "energy ceasefire" following a deal with Donald Trump, but resumed earlier this week.