Kyiv has launched more than 1,000 drones across Russia and set an oil terminal ablaze in St Petersburg as the US resumes intelligence sharing with Ukraine.
The attacks, which also sparked fires at both the Petersburg Oil Terminal and the city’s Ruchi oil depot, killed one person and injured five others.
It comes after Donald Trump criticised Volodymyr Zelensky and called renewed strikes on Russian oil refineries “a disgrace”.
Russia has also unleashed strikes on Ukraine’s energy, oil, and gas sectors at least 76 times over the last day.
President Zelensky told NBC’s Meet the Press that he was “very thankful” that intelligence sharing had been resumed to help defend against Russian missile strikes.
Meanwhile, Nato jets were scrambled in response to an unidentified flying object over Lithuania on Sunday morning, with residents in the central and northern parts of the country told to seek shelter.
The order to shelter lasted about an hour, and the government later said the object was likely a drone that entered from Poland.
Ukraine's foreign ministry said it “regrets” the possible diversion of its drones, which it said may have been caused by Russian electronic warfare.
Putin proposes summit with Trump and Xi - report
Russian president Vladimir Putin has proposed a summit next month with US president Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to negotiate an end to the four-year Ukraine conflict that would favour Moscow, the Wall Street Journal said.
Citing a former Russian intelligence officer, the paper said on Sunday that Putin’s suggestion came in a 9 October telephone call with Trump that also yielded a deal for the US to buy Russian diesel and facilitate its sale on the global market.
Russian strike kills woman, hits Kyiv subway station, mayor says
A Russian air strike killed a woman in Ukraine's Kyiv overnight while also hitting a subway station on the left bank of the capital city and damaging a 25-storey residential building, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram on Monday.
The attack, which also saw non-residential buildings and a medical facility hit, injured three other people in Kyiv, he said.
A Reuters witness heard explosions in the city.
After a brief pause, the US has resumed sharing critical intelligence to help Ukraine defend against Russian missile strikes, president Volodymyr Zelensky said, a key to providing warning of the fast-moving missiles that Moscow has fired in waves.
Zelensky spoke with US peace envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner after the two visited Kyiv earlier this month as the US administration tries to mediate a deal to end the war, which Russia started by invading its neighbour in 2022.
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ICYMI: Ukraine will 'not prevail' if Trump sides with Russia
Ukraine will “not prevail” if Donald Trump sides with Russia, Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
He said it would be a “big tragedy” for the US to take Vladimir Putin’s side and “very difficult for Ukraine to win the war without US support.
He told NBC’s Meet the Press he didn’t “want to live in illusions” and had to be pragmatic.
“If the United States will officially take the side of Russia, if these two countries will be together, of course, we will not prevail, and we will not be able to stand.
“That's why we hope that the president, his team will be on our side, minimum, in the middle.”
He added: “If the United States supports Putin, it's unbelievable. It's a tragedy. It's a historic mistake and big tragedy.”
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In full: Blaze at St Petersburg oil sites as Kyiv launches more than 1,000 drones at Russia
Ukrainian attacks set an oil export terminal ablaze in St. Petersburg on Sunday, as Kyiv launched more than 1,000 drones across Russia in one of its largest ever aerial bombardments.
The attack comes amid deepening tensions between Ukraine and Washington, with U.S. President Donald Trump criticizing Kyiv for its strikes on Russian oil infrastructure.
One person was killed and five more were wounded in the attack, which sparked fires at both the Petersburg Oil Terminal and the city’s Ruchi oil depot, said local Gov. Alexander Beglov. A logistics center belonging to Russian retailer Ozon and a data center for local tech giant VK were also targeted, both companies confirmed.
Ukraine 'regrets' possible diversion of its drones over Lithuania, foreign ministry says
Ukraine has said it “regrets” the possible diversion of its drones into Lithuanian airspace on Sunday.
Its foreign ministry said it may have been caused by electronic warfare diverting drones during an attack on Russia.
Spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi wrote on X: “We regret the incident that occurred this morning in Lithuanian airspace, which may have resulted from Russian electronic warfare diverting drones during an operation against legitimate military targets in Russia.
“We apologise for any disruption, risks, and concern this may have caused. We are committed to sharing all relevant information with our Lithuanian partners to establish the full circumstances of the incident.”
German authorities investigate a hole cut into a fence at Leipzig airport
German authorities on Sunday were investigating how a gaping hole was cut overnight into a fence around Leipzig airport.
The unexplained damage to the fence took place at the same airport where an attack with an explosives-laden drone was attempted in August. German authorities blamed that on Russia, an allegation denied by Moscow.
The damage was discovered at around 11 p.m. on Saturday, the dpa news agency reported. Police said initial evidence suggested that a vehicle had plowed through the fence along a publicly accessible road.
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Zelensky says he is 'very honest' with Trump
Volodymyr Zelensky has said he is “very honest” with Donald Trump after the US president said he was more difficult to deal with than Vladimir Putin.
“I'm very honest with the president of the United States, and very clear, and very supportive of America, because we are strategic partners.
“This is the kind of relations I understand and I respect,” he told NBC’s Meet the Press.
“I can't applaud any decisions or any words of one or another leader if they go against Ukraine, if they are support for Russia and directly for Putin, he is a killer.
“That's why I'm very honest and open to say that he's a killer, and maybe it’s not very polite, and maybe not the things that the president of the United States wants from me, but I'm better to have partners who are very open and clear than to have those who are killers, even with a smile on their face.”
He also said he couldn’t be compared to Putin, telling the broadcaster: “We can't compare with Russia. We can't compare me and Putin. He is an aggressor, he's occupied us, he’s killed adults and children and soldiers. He is a terrorist.”