Footage shared on social media showed a major blaze at awarehouse operated byOzon,** Russia**'s second-largest online retailer, which said its logistics centre had been struck. Other images showed thick smoke rising from the area of the** St Petersburg Oil Terminal**, while an** oil refineryand depot** were also reportedly hit.
St Petersburg's governor, Alexander Beglov, confirmed that** air-defence systemshad been activated after a large-scale Ukrainian drone attackon the city overnight, while Leningrad Regiongovernor Alexander Drozdenkoinitially reported that 126 droneshad been shot down over the surrounding region. He later raised that figure to 144**, with some reports putting it at** 145**.
The assault set the Petersburg Oil Terminal and theRuchyi oil depot alight and struck infrastructure in several districts of the city. Beglov saidone person was killed andfive others were injured, while operations at** Pulkovo Airport** were temporarily restricted for safety reasons.
The strikes came as President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine would resume attacks on Russian oil refineries after briefly suspending them followingDonald Trump’s declaration of an “energy ceasefire” on 11 October. Neither side formally confirmed the arrangement, and Zelensky accused Russia of carrying out76 attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure over the following week, including strikes on substations in four regions that left tens of thousands of families without power.
The latest exchange underlines the continuing struggle over energy infrastructure, with both sides treating refineries, terminals and power grids as** central targets** in a war that shows no sign of abating.