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Ukraine’s General Staff says Ukrainian forces struck three Russian military targets on October 17-18: an attack-drone storage and launch site near occupied Donetsk, a vehicle and armored vehicle repair base near Sukhodilsk in occupied Luhansk, and a troop concentration near Dubove.
A FIRMS thermal signature has been detected at the Portovaya LNG production, storage and loading complex near Bolshoy Bor in Russia’s Leningrad region. It is unclear whether the activity is connected to today’s drone attacks.
A fire is reported near Russia’s Kaporskoye radar company in the Leningrad region. Military unit 17646-F belongs to the 333rd Radio-Technical Regiment and supports radar surveillance, target tracking and early warning for the air-defense network protecting St. Petersburg and northwestern Russia.
Moment of attack caught on video. One of Ukraine's long-range drone strikes the oil depot at the Oil Terminal in St. Petersburg.
OZON warehouse in St. Petersburg, engulfed in flames after Ukrainian kinetic sanctions.
Marco Rubio says Ukraine currently has no access to Starshield and has requested access so it can conduct deep strikes inside Russia. Ukrainian sources dispute that, saying Starshield had already supported middle-strike and interceptor drones operating inside Ukraine. They say Starlink remains blocked inside Russia and that the recent restrictions instead affected Ukrainian operations on Ukrainian...
Scenes from St. Petersburg this morning.. Ukrainian drones struck multiple targets across St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region overnight. Hits include the oil terminal, a VK data center, power substations, the Korabelny Fairway bridge, the Ruchyi oil depot and an Ozon warehouse.
Last but not least. Ukrainian attack drones struck an Ozon warehouse in St. Petersburg this morning, triggering a large fire at the logistics facility. Ozon is Russia’s second-largest online marketplace and operates a nationwide network of fulfillment centers for storage, sorting and deliveries.
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One more target of the overnight attack on St. Petersburg was the bridge over the Korabelny Fairway, which carries a key access route linking the city’s oil port districts with the Ring Road and Russia’s federal highway network.
Ukrainian long-range drones also struck a VK data center near St. Petersburg, with a fire reported at the facility. The center houses 640 server racks and more than 20,000 servers. VK services are currently reported to be down.
Ukraine struck the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal, with a large fire reported at the major Russian fuel storage and export facility. The terminal can handle 12.5 million tons of petroleum products annually and has around 441,000 cubic meters of storage capacity.
Ukraine says air defenses downed or suppressed 152 of 180 Russian drones overnight, including 16 jet-powered UAVs. Russia also launched an Iskander-M ballistic missile. Strikes were recorded at 20 locations, with debris falling at four more.
Russian losses per 18/10/26 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff+2090 men (!)+1 tank+7 ACVs+27 artillery+3 MLRS+1 AD system+1372 UAVs+6 GRCs+4 cruise missiles