An overnight attack on St Petersburg struck two oil facilities, a VKontakte data centre and an Ozon logistics hub, killing at least one person.
Zoom in: Regional Governor Alexander Beglov said crews were extinguishing fires at the St Petersburg Oil Terminal and the Ruchyi oil depot, that 12 apartment buildings and two homes were damaged, and that Pulkovo Airport closed temporarily.
- VK confirmed a drone targeted its regional data centre and said services ran "as usual" after users reported overnight outages. Ozon said its logistics centre was hit and caught fire, with staff evacuated and nobody hurt.
By the numbers: Russia's defence ministry said it shot down more than 1,000 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory overnight into Sunday. Kyiv has made no comment on the strikes.
The backstory: Ukraine paused strikes on Russian oil sites for three days after Trump declared an "energy ceasefire" last week, then resumed. Zelenskyy said Saturday that Russia has hit Ukraine's energy sector 76 times since the declaration.
- Russia launched nearly 2,700 drones, 1,700 aerial bombs and 66 missiles in the past week, most aimed at energy facilities, Zelenskyy said, with tens of thousands of people still without power.
Between the lines: Hitting Ozon and VK extends the target list from refineries to the Russian consumer internet, following strikes this month that disrupted the search engine Yandex.
Why it matters: Both sides are now aiming at the systems civilians live on heading into winter, and the UN said the first two weeks of October were the deadliest for Ukrainian civilians in years.
