ONE PERSON KILLED, FIVE INJURED IN ATTACK ON ST. PETERSBURG

MOSCOW, OCTOBER 18 /SRNA/ - One person was killed, and five were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on St. Petersburg, Governor Alexander Beglov said.

The overnight attack damaged 12 apartment buildings and two private houses. The city's oil terminal, the Ruchi oil depot, and an industrial warehouse in the Kolpinsky District were also damaged.

Ozon said that one of its logistics centres in the city had been hit by a drone, but that no one was injured. A fire broke out, and emergency services were working at the scene, the company said in a statement.

The Russian Defense Ministry separately said that air defense systems had intercepted and destroyed 1,015 Ukrainian drones over Russia overnight.

The statement specified that the drones had been intercepted between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. Moscow time.