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Ukrainian drone strikes hit St Petersburg oil facilities
The story so farUkraine launched more than 1,000 drones at Russia in one of the largest strikes of the war, setting oil facilities in St Petersburg ablaze amid rising tensions between Kyiv and Washington. The overnight drone attack on St Petersburg and the Leningrad region killed one person and injured 15, according to local authorities, and hit oil facilities, logistics sites and data centres. Trump has criticized Kyiv's attacks on Russian oil infrastructure, according to reporting on the St Petersburg strikes.
Still watching
- Will Russia and Ukraine move toward ending the war, as Rubio urged, or does the Kremlin's stance on its war aims rule that out?
- Will Trump's criticism of Kyiv's strikes on Russian oil infrastructure change US policy toward Ukraine?
- Will the US sanctions waiver on Russia increase Russian oil supplies enough to move prices?
- Did the US pause intelligence sharing with Ukraine, as Zelensky's account implies, or did it never pause, as Rubio says?
How it developed
Ukrainian drone strikes hit St Petersburg oil facilities
- Ukraine launched more than 1,000 drones at Russia in one of the largest strikes of the war, setting oil facilities in St Petersburg ablaze amid rising tensions between Kyiv and Washington.
- The overnight drone attack on St Petersburg and the Leningrad region killed one person and injured 15, according to local authorities, and hit oil facilities, logistics sites and data centres.
- Trump has criticized Kyiv's attacks on Russian oil infrastructure, according to reporting on the St Petersburg strikes.
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