St. Petersburg oil facilities ablaze as Ukraine launches more than 1,000 drones at Russia - BERITAJA

Ukrainian strikes group an lipid export terminal and a depot ablaze successful St. Petersburg connected Sunday arsenic Kyiv launched much than 1,000 drones astatine Russia successful 1 of its largest aerial attacks of the war.

The strikes came arsenic tensions betwixt Ukraine and Washington deepened, pinch President Trump criticizing Kyiv’s attacks connected Russian lipid infrastructure and the imaginable of further U.S. sanctions against Moscow still uncertain.

One personification was killed and 5 others were wounded successful the St. Petersburg attack, which sparked fires astatine the Petersburg Oil Terminal and the city’s Ruchi lipid depot, section Gov. Alexander Beglov said. A logistics halfway belonging to Russian retailer Ozon and a information halfway operated by Russian tech elephantine VK were besides targeted, the companies confirmed.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Sunday that its forces had destroyed 1,015 Ukrainian drones complete 15 Russian regions, the Russian-occupied Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea and the Black Sea.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Russian authorities news agency Tass that Kyiv was “resisting” Moscow’s penetration but could not “change the existent people of events.”

Meanwhile, successful Ukraine, a female was killed and a 6-year-old woman was among astatine slightest 2 different group wounded successful 2 Russian attacks connected the confederate Ukrainian metropolis of Zaporizhzhia, section officials said Sunday.

Future of U.S. sanctions unclear

The St. Petersburg strikes came aft Trump told reporters that they did not cognize what his determination connected further sanctions against Russia would be, contempt signing an executive bid Friday nighttime waiving planned restrictions, citing U.S. nationalist interests.

Speaking connected NBC’s “Meet the Press” connected Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said waiving sanctions against Russia would fortify Russian President Vladimir Putin’s warfare effort. He besides said U.S.-Ukraine intelligence sharing had resumed aft being “blocked for immoderate play of time.”

Zelensky said that though he trusted Trump, siding pinch Moscow would beryllium a calamity and a “historic mistake” for Washington.

“People want to hide what’s going on. But we can’t springiness this anticipation to forget, aliases to alteration reality, aliases to alteration the truth,” Zelensky said. “We can’t comparison maine and Putin. He’s aggressor. He occupied us. He killed adults and children, his soldiers. He’s a terrorist. And that’s why I dream that President Trump will beryllium very clear pinch this position.”

Later Sunday, Zelensky said connected societal media that he had spoken pinch U.S. statesmanlike envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner about the results of an Oct. 9 gathering betwixt U.S. and Ukrainian negotiating teams successful Miami, arsenic good arsenic “next steps successful diplomacy.”

Russia continues power attacks, Kyiv says

Trump announced Oct. 11 that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an “energy ceasefire” successful the 4½-year-old war, but offered nary details. Kyiv reported that Russian attacks connected power sites continued aft Trump’s announcement, and connected Thursday said it had resumed strikes connected Russian lipid accommodation aft a three-day pause.

Zelensky wrote connected X Sunday that Russia had attacked Ukraine’s energy, lipid and state sectors 76 times successful the week since Trump’s announcement. The Ukrainian authorities initially said it was watching the ceasefire.

Energy accommodation successful 4 Ukrainian regions were struck overnight, leaving tens of thousands of families without power, he said, accusing Russia of trying to origin a blackout.

“America should spot that Russia is not taking immoderate reciprocal steps successful consequence to sanctions alleviation aliases agreements. On the contrary, they return each awesome of an opportunity to make money arsenic impervious that their stake connected warfare is paying disconnected and they could support fighting,” he wrote.

Zelensky besides stressed that the warfare was continuing because of Russia’s invasion, not Ukraine’s efforts to take sides itself. “It is Russia that must look unit for bid to person a chance.”

Ukraine apologizes to Lithuania complete drone alert

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry apologized Sunday aft a drone entered Lithuania’s airspace, prompting authorities to rumor an aerial ambush warning.

Russian physics warfare whitethorn person diverted the drone during a Ukrainian cognition against subject targets successful Russia, ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi said successful a statement.

Lithuanian authorities urged residents successful 2 bluish counties on the Latvian separator to return screen early Sunday because of a imaginable drone incursion, nationalist broadcaster LRT reported.

A drone entered the bluish Pasvalys region and damaged a moving car, LRT said, citing Lithuania’s National Crisis Management Center. No injuries were reported.

Press writes for the Associated Press.