At least 1 killed as ukrainian drone attack hits energy sites in russia’s petersburg

Damage reported near St Petersburg

The city’s governor described the Ukrainian drone raid on St Petersburg as “massive” and said at least one person had died. Five others were injured. Alexander Drozdenko, governor of the surrounding Leningrad region, said several residential buildings and two houses were struck. He reported that about 20,000 people were without electricity and that 145 drones had been shot down.

Russia’s defence ministry gave a separate figure, saying 1,015 Ukrainian drones were neutralised overnight. The article does not explain how the two counts differ.

Deaths and injuries in Ukraine

Russian forces struck residential buildings in Ukraine overnight, Zelenskyy said in a post on X on Sunday. He reported two deaths and 12 injuries, including two children. Zelenskyy said Russia had attacked Ukraine over the past week with almost 2,700 attack drones, 1,700 aerial bombs and 66 missiles, most of them ballistic.

Dispute over energy truce

The attacks followed Zelenskyy’s statement this week that Kyiv would resume strikes on Russian refineries. He said he was defending his war-torn country as US support declined.