Drone attack on St Petersburg hits the city's oil terminal and the Ruchi oil depot

18 October 2026

A drone attack on St Petersburg in Russia killed at least one person and injured five others, the city's governor Alexander Beglov said on Sunday.
Firefighters were tackling blazes at the St Petersburg oil terminal, the Ruchi oil depot and industrial warehouses in the Kolpino district south of the city.
Several residential buildings and two houses were also damaged, and operations at the city's main airport were restricted.
The e-commerce company Ozon reported a fire at its logistics hub and the internet company VK said its data centre in the Leningrad region had been hit.
The governor of the surrounding Leningrad region, Alexander Drozdenko, said 145 drones had been shot down and about 20,000 people were left without electricity.
Russia's defence ministry said 1,015 Ukrainian drones were neutralised overnight.