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A large-scale Ukrainian drone attack struck Russia's second-largest city of Saint Petersburg on October 18, 2026, killing at least one person, hospitalizing five others, and igniting fires at an oil refinery and depot. The assault also damaged a data centre used by Russia's equivalent of Facebook. Kyiv accused Russia of violating Washington's "energy ceasefire" dozens of times, with the attack marking an escalation in Ukraine's use of long-range drone strikes against Russian energy infrastructure amid ongoing peace negotiations.