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Ukraine strikes St Petersburg with over 1,000 drones

Sunday 18 October14:29 · 2h agoAI summary
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Ukraine launched a massive drone attack on Russia, hitting an oil terminal and data centre in St Petersburg, causing power outages and fires.

01Summary

  1. 01Ukraine attacked St Petersburg with over 1,000 drones overnight Sunday.
  2. 02The attack struck a major oil terminal and a data centre.
  3. 03Thousands of residents lost power due to the strikes.
  4. 04Russian state media called it one of the biggest drone attacks of the year.

02Why it matters

This marks a significant escalation in the conflict, bringing the war directly to a major Russian city and threatening critical infrastructure.

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